【MBA中國網訊】提到莎士比亞，很多人想到的是英國文豪，劇作家，四大悲劇，四大喜劇這些標籤。
可大家知道嗎，莎士比亞還是一位「造詞專家」——他給英語語言貢獻了比任何人都多的詞彙，短語和表達!現在我們使用的很多短語和詞彙，都是當年莎翁自己創造出來的。
想要學好英語，深入理解英國文化的底蘊，莎士比亞可謂是不可不讀。英大今天為大家介紹7個莎士比亞創造的短語!趕快來學習~
1. A night owl
夜貓子
英文解釋：A person who is active late at night
出自：The Rape of Lucrece 《魯克麗絲受辱記》
例句：
She's a night owl and has always done her best work after midnight.
她是個夜貓子，往往在午夜過後工作效率最高。
2. Wear my heart on my sleeve
感情外露
英文解釋：Display your feelings openly, for all to see.
出自：Othello 《奧賽羅》
For when my outward action doth demonstrate
The native act and figure of my heart
In compliment extern, 'tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at: I am not what I am.
例句：
He wears his heart on his sleeve and often gets hurt.
他是個感情外露的人，常常受傷。
3. In a pickle
處於困境，遇到麻煩
英文解釋：In a difficult situation; in a mess
出自：The Tempest 《暴風雨》
And Trinculo is reeling ripe: where should they
Find this grand liquor that hath gilded 'em?
How camest thou in this pickle?
注釋：使用中，可以加上一些形容詞進行強調：in a real/right...pickle
例句：
Things are in a real pickle at the moment, I'm afraid. My assistant's left and I'm completely lost without him!
現在我真是處境窘迫，我的助手離開了，沒有他我簡直不知道從何下手。
4. The milk of human kindness
人的善良天性
英文解釋：Care and compassion for others;kind feelings
出自：Macbeth 《麥克白》
Yet doe I feare thy Nature, It is too full o' th' Milke of humane kindnesse.
例句：
There's not much of the milk of human kindness in him. I've never known such a hard man.
他沒有什麼惻隱之心，我從來沒見過這麼冷酷的人。
5. Pound of flesh
合法但不合理的要求;(勒令償還的)全部債務;(不顧一切討回的)所欠的東西
英文解釋：Something which is owed that is ruthlessly required to be paid back, even if this will cause them trouble or suffering.
注釋：在使用中，我們可以用動詞take,demand來搭配。
例句：
They want their pound of flesh; they want every penny we owe them by next Monday.
他們一點不講情面，要我們在下周一之前歸還欠他們的每一分錢。
I didn't realize working hear was going to be such hard work. They really demand their pound of flesh, don't they?
我不知道在這裡工作這麼辛苦。他們簡直不顧別人死活，是不是?
6. Sea change
大轉變;巨變
英文解釋：a strong and noticeable change in a situation
出自：The Tempest 《暴風雨》
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell
例句：
A sea change has been taken place in young people's attitudes to their parents.
年輕人對待父母的態度已經發生了三百六十度轉變。
7. Set your teeth on edge
使人牙根發酸;使感到不舒服(惱怒，煩躁，緊張... ...)
英文解釋：Literally, to cause an unpleasant tingling of the teeth. More generally, the expression is used to describe any feeling of unpleasant distaste.
出自：Henry IV 《亨利四世》
例句：
That noise is really setting my teeth on edge! Can you stop?
那噪聲讓我很不舒服!你能不能停下來?
It sets my teeth on edge when I hear him talking to his mother so rudely.
聽到他跟自己的母親說話這麼無禮，我很惱火。
試著用上面的7個詞組造句吧!看看有沒有消化呢~
版權聲明：
本文內容轉載自滬江英語，文章僅代表原作者觀點。如原作者如不願意本網站刊登使用相關素材，請及時通知本站，我們將在最短時間內予以處理，聯繫010-57277590。