91. 88 92. £ 22. 93. 6 94. C 95. Because there's not a single person in it.

一些和颜色有关短语

英语中与颜色有关的惯用语很多,意义并非从表面能理解,下面是一些常见例子,你先试着猜猜看:

 (1) Having paid off all the debts, the company is now in the black.

 (2) Some financial companies are in the red.

 (3) The shop-keeper was beaten black and blue.

 (4) He was the black sheep of the family.

 (5)The authorities have given our department the green light to purchase the equipment required.

 (6) When a foreign company comes to visit the country, the government often rolls out the red carpet for him.

 (7) As Jenny did not want to go to Tom's party, she told him that she was busy. Such a white lie is better than hurting his feelings in other ways.

正确意义:

(1) In the black 盈利:

(2) In the red 亏损;负债

(3) Black and blue 青一块紫一块:

(4)The black sheep of the family败家子:

(5) Give ... greenl ight to ... 批准……做……:

(6) Roll out the red carpet 隆重欢迎:

(7) A white lie 善意的谎言:

附:

英语里把一些客人毫无礼貌,不跟主人打声招呼便悄然离去的作风称为 French leave(法国式的离开)。

英国人把小孩子坐无坐相,周身乱动称为 Jewish shake“犹太式的摇摆”。

It's Greek to me.含意是“这我不懂”,或“莫名其妙”。由于 Greek是最难学的文字之一,故有此意。

American Beauty一词。从字面上看这个词语应解作“美国美女”,如果是这样解释的话,那便大错特错了。 American Beauty是美国出产的一种四季都开花的红蔷薇,而不是指人类。

 0  283208  283216  283222  283226  283232  283234  283238  283244  283246  283252  283258  283262  283264  283268  283274  283276  283282  283286  283288  283292  283294  283298  283300  283302  283303  283304  283306  283307  283308  283310  283312  283316  283318  283322  283324  283328  283334  283336  283342  283346  283348  283352  283358  283364  283366  283372  283376  283378  283384  283388  283394  283402  447348 

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网