kill two birds with one stone 是「一石二鳥」嗎?這次好像真的是!

「輕鬆一課」第76期

在英文裡，

我們應該怎麼說一石二鳥呢？

其實非常簡單，

直譯過來就行了，

kill two birds with one stone.

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kill two birds with one stone

我有個朋友前兩天去了Chicago出差，剛好他的女朋友也在那，接到出差的消息時可把他高興壞了，不僅可以公費去一趟Chicago，還可以順便去看望女朋友，真是一石二鳥，一箭雙鵰啊！

那在英文裡，我們應該怎麼說一石二鳥呢？其實非常簡單，直譯過來就行了，kill two birds with one stone.

He had gone to Chicago on a business trip, while there, he killed two birds with one stone and visited his girlfriend also.

今天，我們就來一起學習這個短語的意思和用法。

 

 

1.accomplish two different things at the same time 同時完成兩件不同的事

If you kill two birds with one stone, you manage to achieve two things at the same time.

越來越多的人開始關注環保，節能減排要求我們儘量多地使用公共運輸工具，少開車，騎自行車也是一種很好的選擇。

Bike-to-work schemes are a great way of killing two birds with one stone: getting more exercise while cutting down on the cost of your daily commute.

騎車去上班簡直是個一石二鳥的好辦法，不僅可以鍛鍊身體，還可以減少每天的往返交通費用。

 

I can bring your suit to the cleaners when I pick up the kids『 and kill two birds with one stone.

我去取孩子們的衣服的時候，可以把你的西服帶去洗衣店，一舉兩得。

 

He dropped his kids to school while going to work, killing two birds with one stone.

他去上班的時候順便送孩子去學校，真是一石二鳥。

 

I killed two birds with one stone and picked the kids up on the way to the supermarket.

我在去超市的路上就可以順便街上孩子們，真是一舉兩得。

 

2.solve two problems with one single action or solution 一個可以解決兩個問題的辦法或行為

to succeed in achieving two things in a single action

 

I have to cash a check and make a payment on my bank loan. I'll kill two birds with one stone by doing them both in one trip to the bank.

我需要去銀行兌付支票、還我的銀行貸款，跑一趟就可以搞定這兩件事。

 

John learned the words to his part in the play while peeling potatoes. He was killing two birds with one stone.

John在削土豆的時候學了他在劇裡的臺詞，真是一石二鳥。

 

I read the newspaper while sipping my morning cup of tea, killing two birds with one stone.

我一般在喝早茶的時候看報紙，兩件事都不耽擱。

When I went for the interview, I caught up with a few old colleagues who now work there, killing two birds with one stone.

我去面試的時候，碰到了幾個這兒的老員工，真是一舉兩得。

 

Lotus想問大家，Do you have any example for killing two birds with one stone?

 

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Every day is so wonderful

Then suddenly, it's hard to breathe
Now and then, I get insecure
From all the pain, I'm so ashamed

I am beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring me down... Oh no
So don't you bring me down today

To all your friends you're delirious
So consumed in all your doom
Trying hard to fill the emptiness
The pieces gone, left the puzzle undone
That's the way it is

You are beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring you down
You are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring you down, oh, no
So don't you bring me down today...

No matter what we do
(no matter what we do)
No matter what we say
(no matter what we say)
We're the song inside the tune
Full of beautiful mistakes

And everywhere we go
(and everywhere we go)
The sun will always shine
(sun will always shine)
And tomorrow we might wake on the other side

We are beautiful no matter what they say
Yes, words won't bring us down
We are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring us down, oh, no
So don't you bring me down today

Oh, yeah, don't you bring me down today, yeah
Don't you bring me down ooh... today

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