【参与有奖】每天5分钟，两个惯用语

新米

That's OK.
helladise 发表于 2009-5-25 12:57

哦，好的，谢谢老妖先生的指导。

你英语日语都不好啊？？

你骗WHO?8要忽悠我。。。

helladise

哦，好的，谢谢老妖先生的指导。

你英语日语都不好啊？？

你骗WHO?8要忽悠我。。。
新米 发表于 2009-5-25 13:41

没忽悠你。咖啡里双语皆强的达人多得是呢，都比我厉害得多。比如本版块常来的minori1979jp和版主vincent_chen就是。
I'm nobody. 真的

新米

没忽悠你。咖啡里双语皆强的达人多得是呢，都比我厉害得多。比如本版块常来的minori1979jp和版主vincent_chen就是。
I'm nobody. 真的
helladise 发表于 2009-5-25 13:56

这样啊，3位看来都是高手。
请允许我对老妖，以及老妖提到的高手们崇拜一下下。。。

helladise

无视我好了...

minori1979jp

咖啡里我最服老妖

helladise

710# minori1979jp


你来捣什么糨糊啊

新米

咖啡里我最服老妖
minori1979jp 发表于 2009-5-25 14:34

报告老妖先生，有人说崇拜你~~~

崇拝とは、惚れたということかな～～

新米

710# minori1979jp


你来捣什么糨糊啊
helladise 发表于 2009-5-25 14:35

不要对人家这么凶嘛~~

minori1979jp

2009/05/25
hedge one’s bets = reduce the chances of being wrong by opting for two different choices simultaneously 两面下注，以防损失
If I were you I’d hedge my bets and apply for both jobs at the same time.
如果我是你，我就两面下注，以防损失，同时申请两份工作。

I/you bet = I am/you can be certain我[你]敢说；确信
You bet I’ll be there.
当然我会到那里去的。

新米

2009/05/25
hedge one’s bets
Just in case,you must hedge your bets for this important test.
为以防万一，你必须为这次重要考试做好2手准备。

I bet
I bet you’ll win.
我相信你会赢

minori1979jp

2009/05/26
better
better half = wife, partner<口>妻子（有时亦指丈夫）
Let me introduce you to my better half.
让我把您介绍给我妻子。

better late than never = more satisfactory that something happens, even if late, than that it never happens at all<谚>迟做总比不做好
I finally got reimbursed after waiting for more than six months; it was better late than never, I suppose.
等了六个多月后，最后我总算得到了赔偿；我认为迟做总比不做好。

新米

2009/05/26

better half
You are my better half.
你是我的妻子。

better late than never
It seems she was late for everything ,but ,better late than never.
她做任何事总是慢一些，但是，迟总比不做好。

minori1979jp

2009/05/27
better off = more wealthy/more advantageous 更富有，较有利[自在、幸运、幸福]
Now that my older brother’s children have left home he is much better off than me.
我哥哥的孩子们都已离开了家，他现在的情况比我好多了。

A  car is expensive to run and difficult to park – you’d be better off with a motorbike.
汽车行驶花费多，停车又困难-使用摩托车，你就会比较自在了。

for better or (for) worse = whatever happens不管（结果）怎样
We may be lost but, for better or worse, I’m going to choose the lefthand rode.
我们可能迷路了，但是不管怎样，我们将选择左边的一条路。

minori1979jp

2009/05/28
get the better of = beat 战胜
Our boxer seemed to be losing but he finally got the better of his opponent in the last round.
我们的拳击手似乎要输了，但在最后一轮中，他终于战胜了对手。

go one better (than) = supersede (with an improvement)更胜一筹
I bought an MG but he had go one better and get a Jaguar.
我买了一辆莫里斯汽车，他只得更胜我一筹，买了一辆美洲豹。

minori1979jp

2009/05/29
had better/had best = should/must, or would find it wiser/more suitable宜于，应该，最好还是，还是•••的好
I think they had better tell us as succinctly as possible what has been happening.
我想他们最好尽可能扼要的吧发生的事情告诉我们。

have seen better days = worn, showing its age昔盛今衰，曾盛极一时（意指现在不行了）
The cinema is rundown and has seen better days.
这家电影院现在破旧了，它曾盛极一时。