“今天我请客!”这句话经常听到,豪爽至极,英语中怎么表达这个意思呢?
1. something be on me:used when you are telling someone
you will pay for their drinks, meal etc. 某个东西我买单
例:
(1)Order whatever you like--this is on
me.(喜欢什么尽管点,今天我请客。)
(2)Put your money away--the drinks are
on us.(你把钱收起来,饮料钱我们给。)
(3)美剧《老友记》S01E14:情人节,Joey和Chandler约了两个女生一起进行double-date,结果Joey和他的女伴要先走,Joey觉得对不住Chandler,于是说“这顿饭我请!”。
Joey: I'm outta here. Here's my credit
card. Dinner's on me. I'm sorry, Chandler.
2. my treat 我请!
例:
Let's go out for dinner - my treat this
time.(我们出去吃,这次我请。)
3.在酒吧请喝酒
(1)buy sb a beer etc.
例:美剧《老爸老妈浪漫史》S01E02:
Ted: I'll buy everyone a beer.(我给大家买啤酒去。)
Robin: I’ll help carry.(我来帮忙拿。)
(2)buy a round: to buy drinks for the people you are with in a bar (在酒吧里)请你的所有朋友喝酒
例:
Joe bought a round of drinks for everyone.(乔给每个人买了酒。)
(3)It's my shout.
注意:这是英式英语的口语表达。
例:
No, it's my shout—what are you drinking? (我来买,你喝什么?)
4. put it
on my tab 记在我账上
例:
Put it on my tab.(记在我账上。)
He ordered dinner and asked for it to be
put on his tab.(他点了餐,说记在他账上。)
5. pay 付钱
例:
If I go out for a meal with my parents,
they always pay.(每次和爸妈出去吃饭,都是他们付钱。)
When we got to the ferry, Eddie took out a
five-dollar bill and paid for Terry and me.(到了渡口,艾迪拿出$5,帮我和泰瑞都付了钱。)
Who paid for your driving lessons? (你学车的钱谁出的?)
My company paid for me to go to evening
classes.(公司出钱让我去上夜校。)
6. treat:
①to buy or do
something special for someone that you know they will enjoy表示“买一些某人肯定会喜欢的东西,或做一些某人肯定会喜欢的事情”
例:
We treated Sally to lunch at the Savoy.(我们在Savoy酒店请莎莉吃饭。)
Once a year, I treat myself to a ski trip.(每年,我都去滑雪,犒劳自己。)
②to buy
something such as a meal for someone because you want to celebrate something表示“想庆祝某事,而跟某人一起吃饭”
例:
As it's my birthday, I thought I'd treat
you.(今天是我生日,所以我想请你吃饭。)
7. pick up the tab: to pay for
something, especially when it is not necessarily your responsibility or duty to
do this表示“不一定有义务要付钱,可是却付钱了”
例:
We all went out to dinner, and Adam picked
up the tab.(我们一起出去吃的饭,亚当付了钱。)
Usually the book publisher, not the author,
picks up the tab for a publicity tour.(通常是出版商出钱做新书推广,而非书的作者。)