英語中,the man in the street 是一個很有趣的習語,在大街上的人?其實不是,它有一個引申的意思「普通人;平常人」,表達的就是一般老百姓的意思。今天我們通過幾個例句來學習一下它的用法。
例句1:Artists can always find kind of beauty in life that is often neglected by the man in the street.
藝術家往往能從常人司空見慣的事物中發現美!
例句2:I don't think Tom is the man in the street.
我並不認為湯姆是個平凡的人。
例句3:To the man in the street, the two look pretty similar.
對於普通人來說,它們極其相似。
例句4:Tom wants to know how the man in the street feels about the issue.
湯姆很想知道普通人對這個問題的看法。
例句5:This is the one "secret" that separates a professional from the man in the street.
這就是從普通人區分出專業人士的秘密。
例句6:They wanted him to see the availability of consumer goods for the man in the street to buy.
他們想讓他看到普通人可以買到的消費品。