形形色色的“人”

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人的性格有很多種,有的人"一根筋兒",有的人"兩面派",有的人是"受氣包兒"……這些形形色色的"人"該怎么說呢,看看下面的表達(dá)你就知道了。
    1.一根筋兒 one track-minded.
    別跟他較勁了。
    他一根筋,你還不知道?
    Stop reasoning with him. Don't you know he is one track-minded?
    2. 出眾的人 a lulu
    要說漂亮,我們公司新來的秘書可算是個相貌出眾的女孩子了。
    Talking about being pretty, our company's new secretary is indeed a lulu.
    3. 兩面派 two-faced
    我知道怎樣對付兩面派,而且一眼就能看出誰是一貫兩面討好的人。
    I know how to handle two-faced people and can even tell at the first glance who are in the habit of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds.
    (注:run with the hare and hunt with the hounds指人兩面討好,不得罪任何一方的做法。)
    4.傻大個兒 a lummox
    聽說那個傻大個兒把他們公司的買賣搞得一團(tuán)糟。
    It is said that the lummox has loused up their company's whole business.
    5. 收破爛兒的人 a rag man
    那些收破爛兒的人走街串戶,有時也能掙不少錢。
    Those rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money.
    6. 鄉(xiāng)巴佬 a hayseed
    她說她決不會嫁給一個鄉(xiāng)巴佬,不管他多有錢。
    She insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed, no matter how rich he was.
    7. 不三不四的人riff-raffs
    彼得的家里總來些不三不四的人,可想而知彼得不是什么好東西。
    There are always riff-raffs hanging around in Peter's home, which gives you the feeling that Peter is not a good guy.
    8. 受氣包兒 doormat
    她天生就是個受氣包兒,什么事都不敢說個不字。
    She's born doormat, afraid of going against anything.
    9. 面無表情的人 a deadpan
    和那些面無表情的人在一起工作真讓人憋氣。
    You feel choked to work with those deadpans.
    10. 掃帚星 a jinx
    有人說那個女人是個掃帚星,誰跟她結(jié)婚誰倒霉。
    She's said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries.