金曲| 《This is why we can't have nice things》

2021-02-20 愛英語的糯米餈

Bass beat rattling the chandelier

低音快速拍動著那盞水晶吊燈

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中文釋義:

n. 枝形吊燈

音標:

/ˌʃændə'lɪə/

例句:

①The chandelier hit the floor with a crack.

枝形吊燈啪的一聲掉在了地板上。

②Crystal chandeliers glittered brightly above them.

他們頭頂的水晶吊燈閃閃發亮。

So why'd you have to rain on my parade?

所以你為何非要來掃我的興

中文釋義:

使……掃興

英文釋義:

To hinder someone's enjoyment; upset someone's plans.

例句:

①Don't rain on his parade when he is in the high horse, someday he will pay for it.

不要在他趾高氣揚之時潑冷水,總有一天他會付出代價。

②Jane, please don't invite John to the party. He's always raining on my parade.

簡,別請約翰參加晚會,他這人總是很讓人掃興。

And so I took an axe to a mended fence

所以我才一斧劈裂本已修復了的情面

中文釋義:

n. 斧

vt. 用斧砍;削減

拓展:

這裡補充一個短語「have an axe to grind另有企圖; 有私心; 有個人打算If someone has an axe to grind, they are doing something for selfish reasons.

歷史來源:

這個成語出自美國著名的政治家、科學家班傑明·富蘭克林(Benjamin Franklin,1706--1790)所寫的一則故事。富蘭克林幼年時,在院子裡遇到一個帶有斧頭的陌生人,那人稱讚院子裡那個磨石 (grindstone)很好,想看看它好不好使,便花言巧語的讓他轉動磨石,而那人就在上面磨利自己的斧頭。這個故事的寓意很清楚:「持斧待磨者」 用恭維的話來達到個人目的,人們不要上當受騙。因此,have an axe to grind有有私心、有個人打算的意思。

例如:

There's something they want to do that they aren't telling you. They have an axe to grind.

有些事他們不想告訴公眾。他們別有用心。

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