最新英語專八英譯漢難譯詞匯翻譯點撥(32)

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    9. 惹麻煩了 be in a jam
    小張這次可惹麻煩了,昨天他又讓警察給逮著了。
    Xiao Zhang's in a jam now. He was copped out again by the police yesterday.
    10.關(guān)系很好 be on good terms with
    據(jù)說老張和那個部長的關(guān)系特別好
    It's said that Lao Zhang is on very good terms with the minister.
    11.甜頭兒 sugar plum
    如果不嘗到點甜頭兒,她是不會干那種事的
    She wouldn't do that if she hadn't got sort of sugar plum.
    12.什么都敢賭 can bet one's bottom dollar
    她絕對不會和他結(jié)婚的,這個我什么都敢賭。
    I can bet my bottom dollar that she won't marry him for anything.
    13.美中不足a fly in the ointment
    我喜歡那套房子,但美中不足的是離上班的地方太遠。
    I like the house, but there's a fly in the ointment: I have to commute so far to work.
    14.蹩腳貨/次品 a lemon
    幾天以后他才發(fā)現(xiàn)他買的車是個蹩腳貨。
    Not until several days later did he find the car he bought was a lemon.
    15.小道消息 through the grapevine
    不要聽任何小道消息,現(xiàn)在傳閑話的人越來越多了。
    Don't believe anything through the grapevine. There are more and more gossipers.
    16.其丑無比 have a face that would stop a clock
    我真不敢想象象李同這樣英俊的小伙子竟然和奇丑無比的孫麗結(jié)了婚
    You can hardly imagine that a handsome man like Li Tong would get married with a girl like Sun Liwho has a face that would stop the clock.