• work hard but to no avail 竹篮打水一场空

    22-03-23 竹篮打水一场空,成语,又作竹篮打水(draw water with a bamboo basket ─ all in vain),比喻白费力气,没有效果,劳而无功(work hard but to no avail;a fruitless attempt)。 例句: 到头来,竹篮打水一场空。 Finally, it is like drawing water with a sieve...

  • 我们为什么爱看猫咪视频?

    22-03-22 上网时,你有没有过这样的经历:在不知不觉中陷入了看猫咪视频的循环中,无法自拔为什么和其它萌宠相比,与猫有关的视频往往更受欢迎? Weve all been there. One minute youre searching for something serious, like a recipe for dinner, or something for work, an...

  • 总理记者会双语要点

    22-03-22 谈经济增长 实现5.5%左右的增长,这是在高水平上的稳,实质上就是进,是不容易的。今年的举措是立足当前、着眼长远的,决不预支未来,是可持续的。 China has set its economic growth target at around 5.5 percent for 2022. A slower growth on the surface actuall...

  • work together with one heart 同心协力

    22-03-22 同心协力,汉语成语,意思是为了共同的目的或为取得一致的效果而统一思想、共同努力。可以翻译为be of one heart and work as one man,或work together with one heart等。 例句: 只要我们同心协力,就没有办不成的事。 When we work as one mind, there is nothing...

  • 如何“训练”自己的大脑来入睡

    22-03-22 春眠不觉晓,然而许多现代人却饱受失眠的困扰,夜夜辗转反侧。睡眠专家指出,其实人们可以训练自己的大脑来入睡。 1. Make a schedule, and stick to it 每天在固定时间起床和上床 Melatonin is a hormone produced by the body to regulate when you get sleepy and w...

  • 我想请几天假

    22-03-11 经典表达: Id like to have three days off. 我想请三天假。 举一反三: Im afraid I cant come to work today. 恐怕我今天没办法来上班了。 Can I take next Tuesday off? 下周二我能请假吗? I will miss two days next week. 下周我有两天不能来上班。 Would it be...

  • “全职奶爸”不再是非主流

    22-02-22 为人父母并不容易,有些家长选择把小孩送到托儿所或请保姆照看,而另一些则在家全职带孩子。全职奶爸 或许曾被视为另类,但如今这一身份开始被更多人接受。 There arent many parents who would say that raising children is easy. For many people, having children...

  • lay it on thicker 过分夸奖,过分赞誉

    22-02-22 1. lay it on thicker thick是厚的,lay it on a bit thick字面意思是抹得太厚,和lay it on with a trowel意思一样,表示过分夸奖,过分赞誉。 She went on and on about how she admired his work - laid it on a bit thick, if you ask me. 她一直不停地在说对他的...

  • I'm dead. 我累死了。

    22-02-22 我们都知道dead有死了的意思,可是,当老外说Im dead时,并不是我死了。 你可别认为他在说自己死翘翘了,他是在夸张地表达:Im dead我累死了。 Im dying:我快累死了(累得感觉正在走向死亡)。 来一起看看下面的例句: I have finished all the work in advance. Im d...

  • kick off 开工

    22-02-09 开工一开始的意思表示建筑工程的破土动工(start/begin construction),但在现代互联网语境下,开工更多是指休息过后重新投入工作。 如果你把开工翻成start working,会显得死板生硬,因为它仅仅描述开始工作这样一个动作。下面我们学一个形象生动的表达: kick off...