• have a foot in both camps 脚踏两条船

    22-08-26 我今天首先要问一下喜欢养宠物的朋友,在猫和狗中间,你更喜欢哪个呢?有些朋友会说,狗通人性,绝不养猫。另外一些朋友则会说,猫聪明美丽,绝不养狗。但是肯定也会有些宠物爱好者是,have a foot in both camps. Camp是阵营的意思。 To have a foot in both camps,...

  • put your foot in your mouth 无意中说错话而伤害了别人

    22-06-10 1. put your foot in your mouth 无意中说错话而伤害了别人 例句: I certainly put my foot in my mouth at the party last night when I asked Mr. Brown to say hello to his wife for me. Somehow Id forgotten that his wife died six months ago. 我昨晚在那个聚...

  • shoot oneself in the foot 搬起石头砸自己的脚

    22-03-23 搬起石头砸自己的脚,中文俗语,字面意思是lift a rock only to drop it on ones own feet,比喻本来想害别人,结果害了自己(hurt oneself by ones own doing,be hoist with [by] ones own petard),与英文俗语shoot oneself in the foot意思相近。 例句: 一名法国...

  • to put your foot in it 说走嘴了

    21-07-21 To put your foot in it 的意思是说走嘴了,结果使得局面变得尴尬或不愉快。也可以用来表示不小心把秘密说了出来。 例句 I really put my foot in it when I asked where his girlfriend was. Id forgotten shed left him. You put your foot in it when you mentioned...

  • to get a foot on the ladder 跨进职业生涯的门槛

    21-07-05 To get a foot on the ladder 一只脚踏上梯子是一个和职业有关的英语表达,指的是找到进入某公司、组织或行业中的第一份工作,就好比我们在汉语里常说的迈进某个行业的门槛。 例句 Tims uncle gave him an internship at his company to help him get a foot on the la...

  • to foot the bill 买单

    21-06-29 在餐馆吃饭后,我们必须要结账、买单。这个日常生活中经常出现的付款行为,在英语里也有多种表达方式。比如:除了我们常用的 have the bill,pay the bill 和 get the bill 等搭配以外,foot the bill 也可以表示买单。 例句 Every time we meet for dinner, Luke alwa...

  • to get your foot in the door 踏入职场的大门

    21-06-16 大学刚毕业的年轻人大多涉世未深,没有丰富的工作经验,为了在某个领域站稳脚跟,他们需要 get a foot in the door 找到相关领域的第一份工作,比如实习机会,第一份工作。这个英语表达可以是 get/have a foot in the door,也可以是 get/have your foot in the door,...

  • regimen 生活规则,养生之道

    21-04-28 regimen/redmn/ n.生活规则;养生之道;养生法 Whatever regimen has been prescribed should be rigorously followed. 不管制订的是什么样的养生计划,都要严格遵守。 Few mortals could stick to that harsh regimen, especially for years on end. 很少有人能坚持这...

  • Shoe-Bar Stratton - Chapter 34

    21-02-24 In that instant of supreme horror, Mary Thorne found time to be thankful that terror struck her momentarily dumb. For now, with lips parted and a cry of warning trembling there, she saw that it was too late. Like a pointer freezing to the scent, Lyn...

  • not put a foot wrong 不犯任何错误

    21-01-14 短语 not put a foot wrong 用来形容某人不犯任何错误。它既可以描述某人在做一项具体工作的时候 没有出差错,也可以泛指某人总是以正确的方式做事,从不犯错。 例句 We met our daughters boyfriend yesterday. At first I wasnt sure about him, but he didnt put a...