服裝在美國的日常用語當(dāng)中占有很大的地位。鞋子、襪子、手套等名稱都是一些習(xí)慣用語的組成部份。
To keep one's shirt on字面意思是“穿著你的襯衣”。而作為一個習(xí)語,這是勸告別人要有耐心,不要太緊張了。例如,一個妻子對她的丈夫講:"Keep your shirt on, Harry; we have plenty of time to catch the train."(哈里,你別太緊張了,我們還有好多時間,足夠我們趕到火車站去的。)
可是to keep one's shirt on在更多的場合下,是指要保持冷靜,在對情況有足夠了解以前不要發(fā)火。比如說,有一天,丈夫晚了三個小時回家吃晚飯。一到家,他就看到他的太太火冒三丈。于是他馬上對太太說:"Honey, keep your shirt on, please! I'm sorry, but the boss made me work late at the office." (親愛的,千萬別發(fā)火。我很抱歉??墒牵业睦习褰o了我好多活,我不得不在辦公室加班。)
下面我們要解釋的一個和shirt這個字有關(guān)的習(xí)慣用語是:To lose one's shirt。這習(xí)語實際上并不是真的指丟了襯衫,而是指是某個人失去了他所有的一切。
Did you hear what happened to Joe? He's lost his shirt, the poor guy -- invested all his money in a fancy restaurant and it just went out of business.(你有沒有聽到關(guān)于喬的事?這回,他可真是傾家蕩產(chǎn)了,真可憐。他把所有的錢都投資在一家豪華的餐館里,而這家餐館不久前倒閉了。)
再看一個例句:
Be careful of salesmen who call on the phone and offer to sell you land on the beach down in Florida. You can lose your shirt because the chances are the land is under water at high tide. 對那些在電話里鼓動你買弗羅里達(dá)州靠海濱的土地的推銷員,你得十分小心。你要不小心就有可能會損失一切,因為這些地很可能在漲潮的時候會被淹沒。
To keep one's shirt on字面意思是“穿著你的襯衣”。而作為一個習(xí)語,這是勸告別人要有耐心,不要太緊張了。例如,一個妻子對她的丈夫講:"Keep your shirt on, Harry; we have plenty of time to catch the train."(哈里,你別太緊張了,我們還有好多時間,足夠我們趕到火車站去的。)
可是to keep one's shirt on在更多的場合下,是指要保持冷靜,在對情況有足夠了解以前不要發(fā)火。比如說,有一天,丈夫晚了三個小時回家吃晚飯。一到家,他就看到他的太太火冒三丈。于是他馬上對太太說:"Honey, keep your shirt on, please! I'm sorry, but the boss made me work late at the office." (親愛的,千萬別發(fā)火。我很抱歉??墒牵业睦习褰o了我好多活,我不得不在辦公室加班。)
下面我們要解釋的一個和shirt這個字有關(guān)的習(xí)慣用語是:To lose one's shirt。這習(xí)語實際上并不是真的指丟了襯衫,而是指是某個人失去了他所有的一切。
Did you hear what happened to Joe? He's lost his shirt, the poor guy -- invested all his money in a fancy restaurant and it just went out of business.(你有沒有聽到關(guān)于喬的事?這回,他可真是傾家蕩產(chǎn)了,真可憐。他把所有的錢都投資在一家豪華的餐館里,而這家餐館不久前倒閉了。)
再看一個例句:
Be careful of salesmen who call on the phone and offer to sell you land on the beach down in Florida. You can lose your shirt because the chances are the land is under water at high tide. 對那些在電話里鼓動你買弗羅里達(dá)州靠海濱的土地的推銷員,你得十分小心。你要不小心就有可能會損失一切,因為這些地很可能在漲潮的時候會被淹沒。