科普小知識英文

2023-03-26 06:40:49

1. bat an eye (show surprise, fear, or interest) 眨一下眼睛（表示驚訝、恐懼等）該成語通常用於否定句中，表示不露聲色.例：Tom told his story without batting an eye, although not a world of it was true.雖然沒有一句話是真的，湯姆編造故事卻面不改色.2. be all fingers and thumbs做事笨手笨腳例：He could not undo the string of the parcel ---- she was all fingers and thumbs.他怎麼也解不開包袱上的繩子 ---- 真是笨手笨腳. 3. be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth (born with inherited privilege or wealth) 門第高貴；出生富豪[注] 銀具是富裕人家身份的象徵之一，生在富貴人家的孩子多用銀匙 （silver spoon） 餵食.例：When does she know about hardship ---- she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth.她根本就不知道什麼叫艱難 ---- 他出生在富貴人家.4. be in sth. up to one's neck (be very much and very seriously involved in) 深陷於.中例：She said she knew nothing about the robbery, but I'm sure she's in it up to her neck.她說她對這起搶劫案一無所知，不過我敢肯定她深深捲入其中.5. bite the hand that feeds one (be very ungrateful) 忘恩負義；以怨報德例：She felt that her protégé had bitten the hand that fed him by making unkind remarks about her in public.她覺得她的被保護人在公開場合講有損她的話是忘恩負義.6. bite off sb's nose (scold sb. severely; disagree with sb. in a bad manner) 氣勢洶洶地回答某人；聲色俱厲地訓斥某人[注] 也作snap off sb's head.該成語最早出現於16世紀.到了18世紀，有人用動詞 snap 替換該成語中的 bite 一詞.例：She bites off his nose on the faintest provocation.不管有事無事，她動不動就聲色俱厲地訓斥他.7. break the back of sth. (complete the heaviest or most difficult part of sth. hurt the most import part) 門第高貴；出生富豪[注] 銀具是富裕人家身份的象徵之一，生在富貴人家的孩子多用銀匙 （silver spoon） 餵食.同義語有be born in （或to） the pruple; be radled in purple.例：Now that you've broken the back of the job, have a rest.你既然已經完成了這項工作的主要部分，那就休息一下吧.8. bury one's head in the sand (deliberately ignore sth. that is obvious but unpleasant) 逃避現實；拒絕承認現實[注] 鴕鳥遇到危險時，總是把頭埋在沙裡，自己看不見敵人就認為敵人也看不見自己，由此產生這一成語.例：He had suspected for some months that his son was taking drugs, but he had buried his head in the sand and refused to admit it, even to himself.幾個月來，他一直懷疑自己的兒子在吸毒，但他卻採取鴕鳥政策，拒絕承認現實. 9. carry a chip on one's shoulder (have rather an aggressive manner, as if always expecting to be insulted, ill-treated) 以挑釁的態度出現；像要跟人家打架似的[注] 19世紀中葉美國中西部的居民尋釁打架時，常把一塊碎木片（chip）放在肩膀上，誰要與他打架就得先擊落這塊木片.例：He is very difficult to deal with ---- he's always carried a chip on his shoulder about his lack of education.他這個人很難對付----由於沒能受到良好的教育，他整天都像要跟人家打架似的.10. chance one's arm (do sth. risky; take a risk) 冒險一試；碰碰運氣[注] 該成語原出自拳擊運動，後被裁縫吸收為行話；從1890年起，又被士兵們用來指「冒降級的險」例：The manager decided to chance his arms and try to write a book on economy.這個經理決定碰碰運氣，試著寫一本關於經濟的書.。