一些跟juice有关的常用口语表达
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1. on the juice 酗酒,狂饮作乐
She won't be able to return your call. I'm afraid she's on the juice again.
她不会给你回电的。我担心她又酗酒了。
2. juice up 可以表示充满活力,使精神振奋
A thing like that can really juice you up.
那样的事的确能使你提起精神来。
还记得上文提到juice有汽油的意思,那么给汽车加油就可以用juice up来表示。
They juiced the car up and set out.
他们给汽车加了油就出发了。
3. juice man
这个表达可不是喝果汁的人哦,反而是个美国口语中描述黑社会相关的表达,表示代高利贷讨债的人或打手
The juice man is a real fiend on collecting the loan for his boss.
高利贷讨债者在替其主子讨债时十足是个恶魔。
4. juice loan
这个词也是跟黑社会有关,表示高利贷,驴打滚
It's a juice loan, not a low interest loan.
那是高利贷,不是低息贷款。
5. stew in one's own juice
字面意思用自己的汁炖自己,发散一下其实就是自作自受;自食其果的意思
Tom was caught cheating in the exam and he had to stew in his own juice.
汤姆考试作弊被抓住了。他这是自作自受。