Idiom of the Day
quick on the uptake
快速吸收,快速了解 (某事物)
Today: Tue, 27 Oct 2020
Meaning:
If you are quick on the uptake, you're smart and you can understand things quickly.
如果你使用 quick on the uptake, 你很聰明,能夠快速理解事物。
For example:
Jamal's really quick on the uptake when you explain something to him, so his problem with school grades has nothing to do with any lack of intelligence. He's a very smart boy.
當您向他解釋一些事情時,Jamal確實很快就接受他,因此他的學習成績與智力無關。 他是一個非常聰明的男孩。
These kids who are into rap music are really quick on the uptake, and they can easily catch the meaning of each other's rhymes. But I can't understand any of it.
這些喜歡說唱音樂的孩子真的很容易被接受、吸收,他們可以輕鬆地理解彼此韻律的含義。 但是我什麼都不懂。
Note:
The opposite is "slow on the uptake", which means to be slow to learn something or to catch someone's meaning.
相反的是「吸收慢」,這意味著學習某些東西或理解某人的意思要慢一些。
Quick Quiz
Bobby sure is quick on the uptake. I was showing him how to use some software and he
a. quickly picked it up and took off
b. soon got tired of learning how to use it
c. soon understood how it worked