迷你對(duì)話
A: What happened to Nancy? She is all sweetness and ligh t today.
Nancy怎么啦?今天溫柔又可人。
B: She is going to get married.
她要結(jié)婚了。
A: No wonder! Who is the bridegroom?
怪不得。新郎是誰(shuí)呀?
B: I don’t know.
不知道。
對(duì)話精講
地道短語(yǔ)
sweetness and light
1 解詞釋義
名詞sweetness的本義是“甜蜜，可愛(ài)”。此語(yǔ)是習(xí)語(yǔ)，意思是“溫柔可人”，但是經(jīng)常用作反語(yǔ)，起到諷刺的作用。
2 支持范例
When he learned who I was he became all sweetness and light.
當(dāng)他知道我是誰(shuí)就變得溫柔了起來(lái)。
Long-distance romance over the Web is not all sweetness and light.
相隔萬(wàn)里的網(wǎng)上戀愛(ài)并不都是甜蜜和輕松。
She' s all sweetness and light provided you' re doing what she wants.
只要順著她, 她是又和藹又講理。
The man suddenly dropped his threatening tone and became all sweetness and light.
這人突然一改威脅的口氣，擺出一副溫和而通情達(dá)理的樣子。
A: What happened to Nancy? She is all sweetness and ligh t today.
Nancy怎么啦?今天溫柔又可人。
B: She is going to get married.
她要結(jié)婚了。
A: No wonder! Who is the bridegroom?
怪不得。新郎是誰(shuí)呀?
B: I don’t know.
不知道。
對(duì)話精講
地道短語(yǔ)
sweetness and light
1 解詞釋義
名詞sweetness的本義是“甜蜜，可愛(ài)”。此語(yǔ)是習(xí)語(yǔ)，意思是“溫柔可人”，但是經(jīng)常用作反語(yǔ)，起到諷刺的作用。
2 支持范例
When he learned who I was he became all sweetness and light.
當(dāng)他知道我是誰(shuí)就變得溫柔了起來(lái)。
Long-distance romance over the Web is not all sweetness and light.
相隔萬(wàn)里的網(wǎng)上戀愛(ài)并不都是甜蜜和輕松。
She' s all sweetness and light provided you' re doing what she wants.
只要順著她, 她是又和藹又講理。
The man suddenly dropped his threatening tone and became all sweetness and light.
這人突然一改威脅的口氣，擺出一副溫和而通情達(dá)理的樣子。