有人給你介紹了一樁特別劃算的買賣,說得天花亂墜,可你總覺得不對頭,后來的事情證明你的感覺確實(shí)正確。這個(gè)“不對頭”就可以用 to smell fishy 來表示。
新鮮的魚營養(yǎng)很豐富,味道又鮮美??上У氖牵~很容易變質(zhì),時(shí)間放長了,它就會(huì)發(fā)臭。To smell fishy的意思就是在某一件事情上你感到不太對頭,似乎有人在進(jìn)行欺騙,這時(shí)候你就可以說“It smells fishy.”
我們現(xiàn)在來舉個(gè)例子:
Somebody offered to sell me some beach property in Florida at a good cheap price. But the deal smelled fishy so I went down to take a look. Sure enough, every time the tide came in, the land was under three feet of water.
有一個(gè)人要把佛羅里達(dá)州海濱的土地賣給我,價(jià)錢很便宜。但是,我總覺得這筆交易有點(diǎn)不對頭,所以就到那里去看了一看。果然,每當(dāng)潮水來的時(shí)候,這塊地就被三英尺深的水淹沒了。
下面這個(gè)例句是一個(gè)人在報(bào)上看到出售舊汽車的廣告,價(jià)錢實(shí)在便宜,便宜得都讓人覺得不太對頭了。你猜是怎么回事?
It appeared to be a real bargain, but I smelled something fishy because the man was in such a hurry to sell it. I was right--later on I found out the car was stolen.
價(jià)錢可真是便宜,可是這人那么急急忙忙要賣掉讓我感到不太對頭。我還真是沒錯(cuò),后來我才發(fā)現(xiàn)那輛車是偷來的。
新鮮的魚營養(yǎng)很豐富,味道又鮮美??上У氖牵~很容易變質(zhì),時(shí)間放長了,它就會(huì)發(fā)臭。To smell fishy的意思就是在某一件事情上你感到不太對頭,似乎有人在進(jìn)行欺騙,這時(shí)候你就可以說“It smells fishy.”
我們現(xiàn)在來舉個(gè)例子:
Somebody offered to sell me some beach property in Florida at a good cheap price. But the deal smelled fishy so I went down to take a look. Sure enough, every time the tide came in, the land was under three feet of water.
有一個(gè)人要把佛羅里達(dá)州海濱的土地賣給我,價(jià)錢很便宜。但是,我總覺得這筆交易有點(diǎn)不對頭,所以就到那里去看了一看。果然,每當(dāng)潮水來的時(shí)候,這塊地就被三英尺深的水淹沒了。
下面這個(gè)例句是一個(gè)人在報(bào)上看到出售舊汽車的廣告,價(jià)錢實(shí)在便宜,便宜得都讓人覺得不太對頭了。你猜是怎么回事?
It appeared to be a real bargain, but I smelled something fishy because the man was in such a hurry to sell it. I was right--later on I found out the car was stolen.
價(jià)錢可真是便宜,可是這人那么急急忙忙要賣掉讓我感到不太對頭。我還真是沒錯(cuò),后來我才發(fā)現(xiàn)那輛車是偷來的。