365天地道英語學習
第181天
習語學習時間|幹勁;進取精神
get-up-and-go: energy and motivation; pep; enthusiasm; ambition 幹勁;進取精神
小花老師語音講解
例句
Since Grandmother joined that health club, she’s had a lot more get-up-and-go.
自從祖母加入那個健身俱樂部後,幹勁足多了。
This early 20th-century American expression means just what it says: Get up and go rather than sit still and do nothing. 這則習語來自20世紀初的美國,按照字面意思就能理解:起來,出發!而不是坐著,不動……It probably started as a verb phrase (「I wish he would get up and go」) and eventually turned into a noun (「He needs more get-up-and-go」).注意,這個get-up-and-go是名詞,應該是從動詞短語get up and go演變而來。比如:I wish he would get up and go. 我希望他能夠起來出發。He needs more get-up-and-go. 他需要更多幹勁。
詞彙
beauty [ˈbjuːtɪ] 美
duty [ˈdjuːtɪ] 責任