生活中一些簡(jiǎn)短的英語(yǔ)可是會(huì)難倒一大批人的哦。如果不按照實(shí)際情況理所當(dāng)然理解的話(huà)，是會(huì)出岔子的。比如說(shuō)，“Are you there?”是什么意思呢？是說(shuō)“你在那里嗎？”其實(shí)不盡然，一起和重慶翻譯公司——西迪斯翻譯來(lái)看一下吧。
1. As luck would have it, he was caught by the teacher again.
不幸的是，他又一次被老師逮個(gè)正著。
2. She held the little boy by the right hand.
她抓著小男孩的右手。（這里用“by”與用“with”意思區(qū)別很大。）
3. Are you there?
等于句型：Do you follow me?
4. If you think he is a good man, think again.
如果你認(rèn)為他是好人，那你就大錯(cuò)特錯(cuò)了。
5. If my mother had known of it she'd have died a second time.
要是我媽媽知道了，她會(huì)從棺材里爬起來(lái)。
6. That took his breath away.
他大驚失色。（很形象的說(shuō)法啊~）
7. Rubber easily gives way to pressure.
橡膠很容易變形。
8. The elevator girl reads between passengers.
開(kāi)電梯的姑娘在沒(méi)有乘客時(shí)看書(shū)。
between=without，相同用法：
She modeled between roles. 她不演戲時(shí)去客串下模特。
9. Students are still arriving.
學(xué)生還沒(méi)有到齊。
10. I must not stay here and do nothing.
我不能什么都不做待在這兒。
11. They went away as wise as they came.
他們一無(wú)所獲。（這句有點(diǎn)意料之外，不過(guò)仔細(xì)一想貌似的確有道理啊~）
12. I won't do it to save my life.
我死也不會(huì)做。
13. Nonsense, I don't think his painting is any better than yours.
胡說(shuō)，我認(rèn)為他的畫(huà)比你好不到哪去。（好吧……原來(lái)是說(shuō)兩個(gè)人畫(huà)得都不咋樣……）
14. Traditionally, Italian presidents have been seen and not heard.
從傳統(tǒng)上看，意大利總統(tǒng)有名無(wú)權(quán)。
15. Work once and work twice.
一次得手，再次不愁。
16. You don't want to do that.
你不應(yīng)該去做。
17. My grandfather is nearly 90 and in his second childhood.
我祖父快90歲了，什么事都需要?jiǎng)e人來(lái)做。
