首付最低的车:英语中你没见过的新鲜词汇

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中文里有“宅”“恐婚族”这样的城市流行语,英文中一样有这样想象力与构词法催生的新鲜词。这些新词的生命力有多久且不论,我们完全可以拿来让自己的语言更生动有趣,比如说中午太困了,可以说I got a mid-day crisis. 是不是很有腔调的感觉呢?
Good lenses, bad frames
人不可貌相
Describing someone who gives a bad first impression but is actually a good person. Someone who doesn't appear to be competent, yet is extremely capable at what he/she does.
形容一个给人的第一印象极差、但本质很好的人,或者指表面看不出来,实则深藏不露的高手。
例句:Dr. Bruce is a spaz, but he's one of the best doctors I know. You wouldn't know it by looking at him...good lenses, bad frames.
Mid-day crisis
午间危机
When one is in adesperate need for a siesta because they become extremely tired in the afternoon and coffee isn't cutting it any longer.
指急需午睡以补充体力的情况,这种时候通常咖啡已经不管用了。
例句:After that wild night of drinking, I had the worst mid-day crisis ever.
Clock Out With My Cock Out
下班high去喽
To "call it a day" at work so you can go party.
下班之后去派对狂欢(clock out即打卡下班,也可以说punch out)
例句:-Hey, dude, you coming to happy hour?
-Hells yeah! It's time to clock out with my cock out!
Nearsighted Date
“近视”相亲
As opposed to a blind date, where you have no idea what the other person looks like, a nearsighted date is one where you've seen a photo or chatted via web before meeting in person.
与blind date(事先一无所知的相亲)相对,指在相亲前看过对方的照片或者网聊过。
This can often lead to disappointment if one person or the other has supplied misleading documentation.
如果对方没有给你真实照片或提供了虚假信息,nearsighted date一样有见光死的可能。
例句:That's the last nearsighted date I ever go on...her profile picture must have been 5 years, 3 hair colors and 2 kids ago.(这个见光死死得彻底啊……)
Happy Late Year
拜个晚年
When people are still saying Happy New Year, even though it's already a week after the new year.
年后一个星期,拜年的时候就不是new year了,是late year。
例句:-Happy new year!!! whats up??
-More like happy late year... it was new years 5 days ago.
Work avalanche
工作压死人
When there is so much work piled on your desk, movement from under it is nearly impossible.
桌上一堆东西要处理,想脱身而出,不可能。
例句:Hey, pour me a drink! I worked up quite a thirstdigging out from my work avalanche to get to happy hour.