大家好,今天我們分享一個非常有用且地道的表達——eye candy, 這個短語的含義不是指「眼裡的糖」,其正確的含義是:
eye candy 華而不實的人(或物),徒有其表的人或物
Most of the images on the website are not more than eye candy.
網頁上大多數圖片雖然吸引眼球,卻華而不實。
Back then, women on TV were mostly seen as eye candy.
那時候,電視中的女性大多都被看作徒有其表的人。
Her first step to fame was as eye candy, delivering the weather on TV.
她成名的第一步被看作是徒有其表的,在電視上播報天氣。
Animation has stopped being eye-candy for kids and geeks and become mainstream entertainment.
動畫已不僅僅是吸引小孩和動漫迷的華而不實的東西,而成了主流娛樂方式。
People think her new boyfriend is a bit of eye candy, but they don't know that he is quite capable and wealthy.
人們認為她的新男友是個徒有其表的人,但他們不知道他非常有能力,非常富足。