• The Godfather 教父 Chapter 16

    22-09-14 Carlo Rizzi was punk sore at the world. Once married into the Corleone Family, hed been shunted aside with a small bookmakers business on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Hed counted on one of the houses in the mall on Long Beach, he knew the Don c...

  • 《魔发奇缘》第13章

    22-09-07 Every thug in the room eyed the reward mentioned on the poster. All heads turned in Flynns direction with a keen interest. Its him, all right, one thug said. Greno, go find some guards. That rewards gonna buy me a new hook, a one-armed thug said, li...

  • money spinner 摇钱树

    22-09-01 摇钱树,原本指神话中的一种宝树,一摇晃就有许多钱落下来(a legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken),后多用来比喻可借以源源不断地获取钱财的人或物(ready source of money)。英文可以翻译为money spinner或money tree。 例句: 这些电影已成为巨大的摇钱...

  • child's play 小儿科

    22-09-01 小儿科,在医学用语中指治疗儿童各种疾病的一个科室(pediatrics),生活当中该词语也常常用来比喻价值不大、不值得重视的事情或被人瞧不起的行当等,可以翻译为childs play,kids play或insignificant thing。 例句: 这件事对他来说不过是小儿科。 Thats just childs...

  • to a tee 恰到好处,刚刚好

    22-08-25 昨天晚上,我去一个朋友家吃饭,饭后,朋友的太太给客人们表演了一场模仿秀。她不仅模仿了一些明星,居然还模仿了我! 而且模仿得太像了! 不仅举手投足,连声音都唯妙唯肖! 这种模仿功力让我想到了一个习惯用语,那就是:To a tee. To a tee 就是完美恰到好处。我朋友太...

  • the time is ripe 时机成熟

    22-08-17 1. The Time is Ripe. 时机成熟 When the time is ripe, its advantageous to undertake plans that have been waiting for awhile. Heres an example: Raphael was planning a trip overseas, and the time was finally ripe. 当时机成熟之际,实行已经酝酿好的计划是...

  • 耍赖

    22-08-12 游戏时耍赖: That doesnt count. 那不算! We werent playing for real. 我们不是玩真的。 欠钱时耍赖: Money has been really tight lately... 最近手头有点紧 Ive had so many other expenses... 我有太多其他的费用要付 犯错时耍赖: Its not my fault. 那不是我...

  • 10个有关金钱的表达 下

    22-08-02 6. Bet your bottom dollar to bet all that you have because you are certain you will win 孤注一掷,把底金压上 例句: I would bet my bottom dollar that Rachel will show up late again today. 我敢打盹瑞秋今天晚些时候一定会再次出现。 7. Look like a milli...

  • Of Human Bondage 人性的枷锁 Chapter 80

    22-07-22 For the next three months Philip worked on subjects which were new to him. The unwieldy crowd which had entered the Medical School nearly two years before had thinned out: some had left the hospital, finding the examinations more difficult to pass t...

  • Of Human Bondage 人性的枷锁 Chapter 79

    22-07-22 Philip went up to London a couple of days before the session began in order to find himself rooms. He hunted about the streets that led out of the Westminster Bridge Road, but their dinginess was distasteful to him; and at last he found one in Kenni...