(上接
第五部分
)
1.
Marshall:
Right now, we gotta
fix
this. Lily, you
go down to the bar and comfort Claudia. Ted and I will go and try to
talk some sense into
Stuart.
(现在,我们得想办法补救。莉莉,你去酒吧,安慰克劳迪娅。我和泰德去找斯图尔特谈谈,劝他理智点。)
解析:
(1)
fix: to deal with or correct (a problem)
解决问题
例:
Your proposal won't fix anything.
(你的提议根本不能解决任何问题。)
People expect school to fix whatever is
wrong with their kids.
(学生行为一旦有偏颇,家长都希望全交给学校解决。)
(2)
talk (some) sense into/to somebody: to cause someone to stop
thinking or behaving foolishly
劝某人理智点、别犯傻
备注:
''talk
(some) sense into/to somebody''
是非正式的用法。
例:
I couldn't talk sense to him.
(我劝不动他。)
He talked some sense into her and she
promised she would get rid of that dangerous car.
(他劝她理智点、别冒险,她答应说她不再开那辆危险的车。)
2.
Ted: Tell
Claudia I'm sorry. Did she seem
pissed at me
?
(告诉克劳迪娅我很抱歉。她是不是很生我的气了?)
解析:
pissed: very angry or annoyed at someone
非常生某人的气
备注:或者作
''pissed
off''
,只用于美式英语中,较没礼貌,用时注意说话的对象。
例:
She's pissed at her boyfriend for not
calling her.
(她男朋友没给她打电话,她很生气。)
I got really pissed when she said that!
(她那么说,我真的气死了。)
Aren't you pissed off when your team lost?
(你们队输了,你没生气啊?)
3.
Stuart:
Marshall and Ted
set me straight
.
(马修和泰德纠正了我的想法。)
解析:
set somebody straight:
纠正了某人的想法
例:
She set him right/straight about what
happened. (= She told him that he was wrong and explained what really
happened.)
(她纠正了他的想法,告诉他发生了什么事。)
补充一些类似用法:
这里的
''set''
意思是
''to cause something to be in a
specified condition''
。让某事物进入某种状态
例:
I wish I knew how to set your mind at ease.
(= to help you stop worrying)
(怎样才能让你不操心,我真想知道。)
We should set our own house in order (= correct
the way we do things) before we criticize them.
(我们要自己行得正才有资格去批评别人。)
4.
Robin: They
want me to
anchor the news
tonight.
(他们想让我做今晚新闻的主播。)
解析:
anchor:
v.
to read the news on a
television broadcast
做新闻主播
备注:
''anchor''
仅用在美式英语中。
例:
She anchors the nightly news broadcast.
(她是晚间新闻主播。)
补充:
anchorman
(男主播),
anchorwoman
(女主播)。
5.
Barney: If
that dude can
bag
a nine, I gotta be able
to bag like a sixteen.
(如果那位老兄都能钓到
9
分女,那我都能找到个
16
分的!)
解析:
bag:
v.
to get something desired
得到想要的东西
例:
I bagged the last seat so everyone else had
to stand.
(我坐了最后一个座位,其他人只得站着。)
6.
Stuart:
Yeah, where is she?
(对,她在哪儿呢?)
Ted: She couldn't
make it
.
(她没能来。)
解析:
make it: to reach a particular place or
goal
到达某地或达到某目标
例:
Welcome to the party. I'm glad you could
make it!
(欢迎你们来我的派对,我真高兴你们能来!)
The ship made it to port.
(船进港了。)
You will never make it that far.
(你永远走不了那么远。)
The climbers finally made it to the top of
the mountain.
(登山者最终登顶了。)
If we hurry, we can still make it home before dark. (加快速度,我们还是能在天黑前到家的。)

最新评论: