2014英语四级写作之生活词汇-中国各种“吃文化”的英文表达
2014-01-26 14:53:26 | 编辑:环球博海四六级 来自:网站编辑整理词汇是学习英语的基础,只有掌握了大量的词汇,才能刚好的进一步学习英语,更好的优美的段落、文章,增强词汇记忆是攻克写作这座大山的不二法宝。环球博海四六级小编特整理了2014英语四级写作话题词汇,包括:生活、职场、体育、政治、节日等等相关的词汇,希望能够帮助到2014年广大备考的四级考生!
网上流传的奥巴马总统访华时总结的中国吃文化,很全面地概括了中国的“吃文化”。多半是网友开的玩笑,借着这个笑话,咱们一起来看看中国的各种“吃法”的英文表达:
以下为网上流传的原文:
奥巴马访华时,对胡总书记说:他终于明白了中国文化其实就是吃的文化。比如:谋生叫糊口(making a living),岗位叫饭碗(job);受雇叫混饭(employed),花积蓄叫吃老本(live on one's savings);混得好叫吃得开(live a good life),占女人便宜叫吃豆腐(flirt with sb.);女人漂亮叫秀色可餐(pretty, handsome, brilliant),女人多了叫吃不消(could not afford),受人欢迎叫吃香(popular);受到照顾叫吃小灶(be specially treated),不顾他人叫吃独食(not share with others);受人伤害叫吃亏(suffer losses),男女嫉妒叫吃醋(be jealous);犹豫不决叫吃不准(not sure),不能胜任叫干什么吃的(useless);付不起责任叫吃不了兜着走(be sorry for sth.),办事不力叫吃干饭(good for nothing)。胡总书记听后很生气,说:我们应该好好总结一下中美关系,你却总结中国文化,是不是吃多了(have eaten to much)。
更多中国“吃文化”:
吃喜酒 attend the wedding banquet
(下棋)吃掉一个子 take a piece
吃掉敌人一个团 annihilate an enemy regiment
连吃败仗 suffer one defeat after another
推上吃了一枪 get shot in the leg
吃闭门羹 be denied entrance at the door ; be refused admission as an unwelcome guest be left out in the cold
吃官司 be sued / involve in a legal action
吃耳光 get a slap in the face
吃回扣 get commission
这种纸不吃墨水。 This kind of paper doesn’t absorb ink.
茄子很吃油。 Eggplant calls for a lot of oil in cooking.
我可不吃这一套。 I won’t take all this lying down.
他不务正业,专吃白食。 He does not do any honest work and lives off others.
你这老一套现在可吃不开了。 Your old way of doing things won’t work now.
这件事你如果说出去,我叫你吃不了兜着走。 If you let this leak out, I’ll make you sorry for it.
走这么多的路,恐怕你吃不消。 It may be too much for you to walk such a long way.
吃得苦中苦,方为人上人。 Only those who endure the most become the highest.
再重的卡车,这座桥也吃得住。This bridge can bear the weight of the heaviest lorry.
你别想吃她豆腐。Don’t try to flirt with her.
他要请我们吃馆子。 He is going to invite us out to dinner.
你要先考虑清楚,免得吃后悔药。Think it over before you go so that you won’t regret it later.
形势吃紧。 The situation was critical.
他那坚强的毅力使人吃惊。 His will power is amazing.
他工作努力,能吃苦。 He was hard-working and unafraid of hardships.
他跑得不快,踢足球吃亏。 He can’t run fast and that puts him at a disadvantage as a footballer.
我跑了一天路,感到吃力。 After a long day’s journey, I left exhausted.
只要技术好,到哪儿都吃得开。 A person who has expertise is welcome anywhere.
吃一堑,长一智。 A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
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