【参与有奖】每天5分钟，两个惯用语

minori1979jp

if you can’t beat them, join them = if they will not change their minds, you must change yours要是你不能战胜他们，就战胜你自己；如果你不能改变他们的想法，就改变你自己的
I tried for years to get them to take up chess but they insisted on playing cards, and in the end I joined in and played cards with them – if you can’t beat them, join them.
我尝试了数年想让他们学下棋，但是他们坚持要打牌，结果最后我加入他们一起打牌-要是你不能改变他们的注意，就改变自己的。

off-beat = unusual, unconventional不合拍子
Such a combination of colors is really too off-beat for an old people’s home.
这种颜色的调配对一个老年人的家庭来说实在不合拍子。

Ryjuli

2009/04/13

if you can’t beat them, join them :
When I left the house to follow them, she said to me: "If you can't beat them, join them."
当我随他们离开家的时候，她对我说：“如果你不能改变他们的想法，就改变你自己的。“

off-beat :
Playing rock music in such an environment is really off-beat, I suggest to change it.
在这样的环境演奏摇滚乐实在不合拍子，我建议改变它。

新米

2009/04/13
if you can’t beat them, join them :
If you can’t beat your contestant, join forces with them.
如果你不能击败你的竞争对手，那就加入他们。

off-beat :
Her style of shoe is definiely off-beat.
她的鞋有点与众不同。

minori1979jp

off the beaten track = difficult to get to, away from main roads鲜有人涉足的；离开常规
I know of an unspoiled old pub off the beaten track in the wilds of Essex.
我知道在埃塞克斯未开垦的地方有一个鲜有人涉足的未遭破坏的古老酒店。

take a lot of/some beating = difficult to better极难超过
She scored 47 at her first attempt, and that will take a lot of beating.
她首次尝试得了47分，那是个难以超过的分数。

新米

2009/4/14
off the beaten track
The schoolmaster went off the beaten track and engaged a foreigner.
校长打破常规聘用了一个外国人。

take a lot of beating
Yelena Isinbayeva better a record at the beijing olmply and it will take a lot of beating.
伊辛巴耶娃在北京奥运会上刷新了记录，并且难以超越。

Ryjuli

2009/04/14

off the beaten track :
The person you are looking for is working at the drug store off the beaten track in the city.
你找的人在城里那个鲜有人涉足的药店工作。

take a lot of/some beating :
His best time was 8.9 seconds, and it will take a lot of beating.
他的最短时间是8.9秒，这是一个难以超过的记录。

minori1979jp

beauty
beauty is in the eye of the beholder = preference (in terms of somebody’s appearance) is a personal one观者眼中出美景（指客观美由主观审美决定）
She seems very plain but he dotes on her, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
她看上去相貌平平，但他非常爱她，情人眼中出西施。

beauty is only skin deep = somebody/something that is superficially attractive is not necessarily all good<谚>美貌不过一张皮（指不可以貌取人）
Although she looks pretty I’m not sure she has the strength of character for the job-remember, beauty is only skin deep.
尽管她看上去很标致，但我不敢保证她有做这工作的品质-请记住，美貌只不过是一张皮。

新米

2009/04/15
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
The man may select a woman because beauty is in the eye of the beholder 。
那个男人选择这个女人是因为情人眼里出西施。

beauty is only skin deep
we must understand the heart of gold is more crucial than appearance，because beauty is only skin deep,.
美貌只是外表，我们必须明白黄金般的心灵比外表更重要的。

helladise

2009/04/15
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
A man may select a woman because beauty is in the eye of the beholder 。
那个男人选择这个女人是因为情人眼里出西施。

beauty is only skin deep
Be ...
新米 发表于 2009-4-16 09:02

“A man may select a woman because beauty is in the eye of the beholder 。
那个男人选择这个女人是因为情人眼里出西施。”
根据你的意思，最好把冠词A改成定冠词THE。

“Beauty is only skin deep,we must understand the heart of gold is crucial.”
这句话中有3个谓语动词，但莫有连接词或者从句之类的。
从语法上来说，这句话是错误的。新米ちゃん试着改改看~

bulusi

不管张三李四。 Every Tom, Dick and Harry. *举出常用的男孩名，表示“不论谁都……”、“不管张三还是李四”。虽然没有女孩名，但男女都可用。 My daughter had a homestay in America. (我女儿为体验当地生活，去美国了。) So did every Tom, Dick and Harry. (不管谁都能去啊。) I like sexy girls. (我喜欢性感的女人。) So does every Tom, Dick and Harry. (无论谁都是这样的。) 一波未平一波又起。 Out of the frying pan into the fire. *frying pan “平底炒菜锅”，直译是菜从锅里炒出来又掉进了火里。 舍名求实。 I live to eat. Pudding rather than praise. *不太常用的说法。 瞎猫碰上了死耗子。 Every dog has his day. Bob won the lottery. (鲍勃中了头彩。) Every dog has his day. (瞎猫碰上了死耗子。)

bulusi

(我从一开始就告诉你了。) from the very beginning all this time since the start 就我的记忆来说…… As far as I can remember,... What's John's last name? (约翰姓什么来着?) As far as I can remember, it begins with M. (就我的记忆来说，它的第一个字母是M。) To the best of my memory,... As far as I know,... (就我所知……) If my memory serves me right,... (如果我没记错的话，……) 以牙还牙，针锋相对。 Tit for tat. John kicked me, so I gave him tit for tat.(约翰踢我，所以我以牙还牙。) 这是我为什么在这儿的原因。 That's what I'm here for. What are you studying at Harvard? (你在哈佛大学学什么?) Economics. That's what I'm here for. (学经济，这就是我为什么在这儿学习的原因。) 2+3等于5。 Two and three is five. Two plus three is five. Two and three makes five. Two and three equals five. 我们有天壤之别。 We're as different as night and day. We're completely different. (我们俩完全不同。) We have nothing in common. (我们没有任何共同点。) 东施效颦。(机械模仿。) Monkey see, monkey do. She just bought a new car just like yours. (她也买了一辆跟你一样的车。) Well, monkey see, monkey do. (是嘛，真是东施效颦。) 以先后顺序为准。 First come, first served. *“按到达的先后顺序”、“按报名顺序”，直译是“第一个来的，第一个得到供应”。 Do you take reservations? (你预订了吗?) No, first come, first served. (没有，先来的先得。) On a first-come, first-served basis.

minori1979jp

the beauty of it (is that) = the best/most satisfying aspect (is)优点
The beauty of my new car is that it only needs servicing every ten thousand miles.
我的新车的优点是跑10，000英里仅需维修一次。

beaver
beaver away = work long and industriously努力工作
She beavers away for hours knitting jumpers for her favorite charity.
她连续数小时为她特别喜欢的慈善团体卖力地编织连衫裤童装。

新米

“A man may select a woman because beauty is in the eye of the beholder 。
那个男人选择这个女人是因为情人眼里出西施。”
根据你的意思，最好把冠词A改成定冠词THE。

“Beauty is only skin deep,we mu ...
helladise 发表于 2009-4-16 09:12

啊，不好意思，我再改改~~
失礼了。。

helladise

598# 新米


哪里哪里，不用那么客气滴

新米

2009/04/16
the beauty of it (is that)
The beauty of small car is  saving gasoline
小车的有点事节油。
beaver away
He beavers away for his daughter
他为了女儿努力工作。