第一篇 形形色色的人
分类: 实用英语
一根筋儿 one track-minded.
别跟他较劲了。他一根筋,你还不知道?
Stop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?
2.出众的人 a lulu
要说漂亮,我们公司新来的秘书可算是个相貌出众的女孩子了。
Talking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a
lulu.
3.两面派 two-faced
我知道怎样对付两面派,而且一眼就能看出谁是一贯两面讨好的人。I know how to handle two-faced people
and can even tell at the first glance who are in the habit of
running with the hare and hunting with the hounds.(注:run with the
hare and hunt with the hounds指人两面讨好,不得罪任何一方的做法。)
4.傻大个儿 a lummox
听说那个傻大个儿把他们公司的买卖搞得一团糟。
It is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole
business.
5.收破烂儿的人 a rag man
那些收破烂儿的人走街串户,有时也能挣不少钱。
Those rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite
a handsome sum of money.
6.乡巴佬 a hayseed
她说她决不会嫁给一个乡巴佬,不管他多有钱。
She insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed, no
matter how rich he was.
7.不三不四的人riff-raffs
老张的家里总来些不三不四的人,可想而知老张不是什么好东西。
There are always riff-raffs hanging around in LaoZhang’s home, which
gives you the feeling that Lao Zhang is not a good guy.
8.受气包儿 doormat
她天生就是个受气包儿,什么事都不敢说个不字
She’s born doormat ,afraid of going against anything.
9.面无表情的人 a deadpan
和那些面无表情的人在一起工作真让人憋气。
You feel choked to work with those deadpans.
10.扫帚星 a jinx
有人说那个女人是个扫帚星,谁跟她结婚谁倒霉。
She’s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she
marries.
别跟他较劲了。他一根筋,你还不知道?
Stop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?
2.出众的人 a lulu
要说漂亮,我们公司新来的秘书可算是个相貌出众的女孩子了。
Talking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a
lulu.
3.两面派 two-faced
我知道怎样对付两面派,而且一眼就能看出谁是一贯两面讨好的人。I know how to handle two-faced people
and can even tell at the first glance who are in the habit of
running with the hare and hunting with the hounds.(注:run with the
hare and hunt with the hounds指人两面讨好,不得罪任何一方的做法。)
4.傻大个儿 a lummox
听说那个傻大个儿把他们公司的买卖搞得一团糟。
It is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole
business.
5.收破烂儿的人 a rag man
那些收破烂儿的人走街串户,有时也能挣不少钱。
Those rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite
a handsome sum of money.
6.乡巴佬 a hayseed
她说她决不会嫁给一个乡巴佬,不管他多有钱。
She insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed, no
matter how rich he was.
7.不三不四的人riff-raffs
老张的家里总来些不三不四的人,可想而知老张不是什么好东西。
There are always riff-raffs hanging around in LaoZhang’s home, which
gives you the feeling that Lao Zhang is not a good guy.
8.受气包儿 doormat
她天生就是个受气包儿,什么事都不敢说个不字
She’s born doormat ,afraid of going against anything.
9.面无表情的人 a deadpan
和那些面无表情的人在一起工作真让人憋气。
You feel choked to work with those deadpans.
10.扫帚星 a jinx
有人说那个女人是个扫帚星,谁跟她结婚谁倒霉。
She’s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she
marries.