東施效顰。(機(jī)械模仿。)
Monkey see, monkey do.
She just bought a new car just like yours. (她也買了一輛跟你一樣的車。)
Well, monkey see, monkey do. (是嘛，真是東施效顰。)
以先后順序?yàn)闇?zhǔn)。
First come, first served. *“按到達(dá)的先后順序”、“按報(bào)名順序”，直譯是“第一個(gè)來(lái)的，第一個(gè)得到供應(yīng)”。
Do you take reservations? (你預(yù)訂了嗎?)
No, first come, first served. (沒(méi)有，先來(lái)的先得。)
On a first-come, first-served basis.
過(guò)時(shí)了。
It's out of date.
Look at my camera. (你看我的照相機(jī)。)
But it's out of date already. (可它都過(guò)時(shí)了。)
It's old-fashioned.
It's outdated.
It's behind the times.
電視有長(zhǎng)處，也有短處。
TV has its merits and demerits.
TV has its good and bad points.
There are good and bad points about TV.
我利用了他的弱點(diǎn)。
I took advantage of his weakness. *take advantage of...“利用……”。
我長(zhǎng)了不少見(jiàn)識(shí)。
I've learned something.
The TV show was interesting. (那個(gè)電視節(jié)目很有意思。)
Yeah, and I've learned something. (是呀，我長(zhǎng)了不少見(jiàn)識(shí)。)
I've learned something new. (我學(xué)到了一些新東西。)
那會(huì)引起火災(zāi)呀!
It's a fire hazard. *hazard表示“人力無(wú)法躲避的危險(xiǎn)”。
Look at John's toy! (快看約翰的玩具。)
It's a fire hazard. (那會(huì)引起火災(zāi)呀!)
It could catch on fire easily. (這很容易著火。)
It could cause a fire.
什么事都有可能發(fā)生。
Anything could happen.
There's no knowing what may happen.
You never know. (任何事情都是很難預(yù)料的。)
Anything's possible.
It could happen to you. (對(duì)你來(lái)說(shuō)什么都有可能發(fā)生。)
