I'm happy to live a C—Street life because there's a lot of fun in it.
翻译:我喜欢平民区的生活,因为这里有许多乐趣。
C—Street本是军事用语,是civvy street的简写。civvy,又作civilian clothes,字面意思是便服,便装,引申为平民,布衣,老百姓。
因此,C—Street就有了平民和平民生活两个意思。
英译汉
He took
forty winks.
【关键词】forty winks
【误译】他眨眼40次。
【原意】他小睡了一会儿。
【说明】forty winks是口语,意为“小睡”。(

winkv n.眨(眼)(示意);闪烁,打信号,眼色)
每日一句
There's an apple in the barsket.
篮子里有一个苹果。
What time does the curtain go up?
什么时候开演?
笑死我的英文书

同一个词与其它词构成的N个词组~太难区分了~
囧个
1 look about 观察
2 look after 照顾
3 look out 留神;注意
4 look into 调查,观察
5 look down upon 轻视
6 look like 和...像
7 look up to 尊敬
8 look ahead 向前看
9 look at 看
10 look for 渴望

自己再补充些:
look up 好转;查(字典);看望;(to)尊敬
look to sb for sth 依赖
look to 照管,留心;指望,依靠
look through (从头至尾)浏览;详尽核查
look round 慎重考虑;转头看
look over 把…看一遍,把…过目;察看,参观
look one's best 显得最有吸引力
look on sb 顺便看望
look on 观看,旁观
look in 顺便访问,顺便看望
look forward to 盼望,期待
look back 回头看;(on)回顾,回忆
谚语达人
a honeyed tongue,a heart of gall
这句的意思是:口蜜腹剑
英文释义:warm and accommodating in speech,but harsh and ruthless in action
嘴上说得很热情很随和,行动上却很苛刻无情
例句:Superficially he seems very nice,but he has a honeyed tongue,a heart of gall.
表面上看他似乎很好,实际上他这人口蜜腹剑
times change and we with time
与时具进(...这个偶还真没想到,以为只有在政治里才有。

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英文释义:keep up to date and adapt our views to changed conditions
跟上时代,使自己的观点适应已变化了的情况
posted on 2008-08-18 22:32
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