托??谡Z(yǔ):掌握暗喻提升口語(yǔ)和寫(xiě)作水平上

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1.You need to budget your time.   做一下時(shí)間上的安排   budget原意是“做預(yù)算”,這里就是說(shuō)“做一下時(shí)間上的安排”   2.Put aside some time for ping pong.   預(yù)留一些時(shí)間   put aside原先和money搭配,比如:Put aside some money for your retirement. 表示“存錢(qián)”,這里的意思就是要“預(yù)留一些時(shí)間”   3.Is that worth your while?   這樣做,對(duì)你有好處嗎   while原意表示“一段時(shí)間”,這里意思就是說(shuō)“這值得你去這樣做嗎?”或者說(shuō)“這樣做,對(duì)你有好處嗎?”   4.Do you have much time left? 來(lái)自www.Examw.com   5.He’s living on borrowed time.   他可能不久就要過(guò)世了。(大限已近)   (living) on borrowed time或者be on borrowed time的意思就是說(shuō)“很可能要失敗了或者說(shuō)很可能要死了?!北热纾篢he government is living on borrowed time. 這個(gè)政府可能馬上就要倒臺(tái)了。   6.You don’t use your time profitably.   你沒(méi)有有效利用時(shí)間。   profitable原意是指“有利潤(rùn)的;贏利的”   7.I lost a lot of time when I got sick.   8.Thank you for your time.