記四級單詞有妙招(九)

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Anchor
    What do you drop when you need it and take back when you don’t.
    An anchor
    什么東西你需要時就丟掉它,你不用時就拿回來?——錨。
    I respect weatherman more than anchor persons. An anchor person is just reading what has already happened, while a weathergirl or a weatherman is predicting the future.
    比起新聞節(jié)目主持人,我更尊敬氣象預(yù)報員。新聞節(jié)目主持人只是在宣讀已經(jīng)發(fā)生的事件,而氣象預(yù)報員可是正在預(yù)測未來。
    注:實(shí)際上氣象預(yù)報員也是在照本宣科,這里是故意在說笑。
    Anchorman: What do TV reporters wear under their pants?
    Cameraman: News briefs.
    新聞節(jié)目主持人:電視記者褲子里面穿什么?
    攝影師:新聞短褲。
    注:briefs貼身的短內(nèi)褲;brief摘要。
    Ancient
    In ancient Egypt, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this
    在古埃及貓被尊崇為上帝,貓永遠(yuǎn)也忘不了。
    注:貓很懷念那段時光,可惜人變化太快了。
    angle
    Geometry teacher: An instructor who definitely knows all of the angles.
    幾何老師:確切知道所有角度的老師。
    注:Know all of the angles意思是了解一件事情的所有方面。
    OK, now take a picture from this angle. This is truly a freak [怪異]of nature.
    來,從這個角度照張照片,自然界真是怪異。
    注:病人害怕醫(yī)生做手術(shù)時說的話。
    anniversary
    They just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. Or, to be completely accurate___ he celebrated, she repented.
    他們剛剛慶祝了他們的25年結(jié)婚紀(jì)念,完全準(zhǔn)確地說——丈夫慶祝,妻子后悔。
    注:有些人在慶祝金婚、銀婚的時候,實(shí)際上在暗自后悔。
    My young brother is illiterate. He was just celebrated for his one-month anniversary yesterday.
    我有個弟弟是個文盲,昨天剛做完滿月。
    Annoy
    Miss Phiz: Officer, that man is annoying me!
    Policeman: But he’s not even looking at you.
    Miss Phiz: That’s what’s so annoying!
    Phiz小姐:警官,那個男人真煩人。
    警察:可是他甚至看都沒看你一眼。
    Phiz小姐:所以我才煩惱。
    It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
    沒有任何目的的誠實(shí)真煩人。
    注:這個人總是帶著有色眼鏡看別人,以為別人的誠實(shí)都是裝的,都是有目的的。他看不出別人的目的心里就很煩。
    Poverty is of course no disgrace[丟人], but it is damned annoying.
    窮當(dāng)然不丟人,但就是他媽的讓人苦惱。
    注:如果你不認(rèn)為窮丟人,窮沒有什么丟人的,但窮確實(shí)是不方便,什么也買不起,窮了就是讓人苦惱。
    Ant
    The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when drunk.
    螞蟻能舉起它自身重量50倍的東西,能拖動自身重量30倍的東西,喝醉時總是靠右側(cè)摔倒。
    注:后面那句話是在故意顯示自己對螞蟻研究的透徹。別人也能一眼看出你在說著玩兒。
    What do you call an ant in space?
    An antronant.
    你把太空中的螞蟻叫什么?——宇航員
    注:Antronant與Astronaut(宇航員)。
    Antique
    What is the most valuable type of ant?------ Antique.
    螞蟻?zhàn)钣袃r值的部分是什么?——古董
    注:An ant-ique.
    Little Boy: Mom, do you remember that antique flowerpot[花盆] that’s been handed from generation to generation?
    Mom: Of course.
    Little Boy: Well, this generation dropped it!
    小男孩:媽媽,你記得那個一代一代傳下來的古董花盆嗎?
    媽媽:當(dāng)然記得。
    小男孩:是這樣,這一代放棄了!
    注:drop:掉;放棄
    For sale: an antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers.
    促銷:適合女士用的古董桌,粗腿,大抽屜。
    注:Drawer:抽屜;內(nèi)褲。還可理解成:適合穿大內(nèi)褲的粗腿女士用的古董桌。
    For sale: Antique ashtray shaped like a classic car. You can park your butts in it.
    大減價:老爺車外型古董煙灰缸,可以把煙頭(*)放里頭。
    Anxiety
    If there were only some shorter and more direct route to the devil, it would save an awful lot of sorrow and anxiety in this world.
    如果世界上真有一些去地獄的更短更直接的路,那會省下大量的悲傷和焦慮。
    注:很多人一輩子勾心斗角,騙人害人,十分辛苦勞累,最后還是下了地獄,如果有去地獄的捷徑,那些人會省多少勁兒呀。
    I like to have two anxieties a week. To have more confuses the mind.
    我一周只喜歡焦慮兩次,再多會搞亂我的頭腦。
    注:很多人整天焦慮不安,你就可以這么說。
    I have anxiety on Monday, and anxiety on Tuesday. Now it’s time for me to relax.
    我星期一焦慮,星期二焦慮,我現(xiàn)在心情應(yīng)該放松愉快了。