“buy time”可不是“买时间”!和“time"有关的高频短语
2018-09-21 09:59
来源:新东方网整理
作者:
不知不觉,2018年已经过去了三分之二,新年制定学习计划完成了多少?你是否觉得running out of time?今天给大家总结几个和“time"有关的高频短语,准备好小本子吧~
buy time
老师的生日派对马上就要开始了,我却接到Lily 的电话:“I'm so sorry I'm running late to the party, but I'm almost there now—buy me some time so that I don't miss the cake-cutting!”
她说,她就快到了,又不想错过切蛋糕的时刻,所以希望我帮她 buy some time。没错,buy some time 可不是买时间,而是“拖延时间”的意思。
【例如】
I think we should try to buy some more time.
我想我们该多拖延一些时间。
a bad time
原来,Will 正急着出门参加派对的时候,一个难缠的朋友突然打来电话。这时Will 只能很不好意思的说:
“ I'm afraid you've called at a bad time. I'm already on my way out thedoor.”
bad time:A time that is inconvenient or inopportune.
bad time也不能翻译成“坏时间”, 而表示不方便,不合时宜。
Will 告诉朋友,他正准备出门,这个电话打得有点不是时候。。。
a hard time
在Vivian匆忙赶路的时候,她先后遭遇了大雨,堵车:
She had a hard time on the way to the party.
a hard time 的用途非常广,可以翻译为遇到困难,而困难可能是 be frustrated or meet difficulty 遇到困难,被难题难住:
【例如】
I'm really having a hard time in math this semester—I need to get a tutor.
这个学期我学习力不从心,我需要一个家庭教师。
或表示:
Grief or frustration intentionally inflicted on one by another, in the form of teasing, bullying, or other ill treatment.被欺负或不公平对待
【例如】
The school bully started giving the new kid a hard time until the teacher sent him to the principal's office.
那个校园恶霸在送去校长室前,一直欺负新来的学生。
borrowd time
老师生日派对终于开始了。他年纪已经很大了,在生日派对上,难免感叹:
Accidents and disease can strike so unexpectedly that it feels like we're all living on borrowed time.
人生在世世事难料,不幸随时可能会发生,我也是磨难中的幸存者。
borrowed time 字面上看,好像是借来的时间,而从语境中看出,它表示,经历磨难,感觉生存来之不易。我们来看一下这段英文解释:
borrowed time :An uncertain length of time that may end soon or suddenly
所以borrowed time常表示自己能活下来,已经非常庆幸,比预计的时间还要长,仿佛是上帝额外借给自己多一些时间。
【例如】
He was already living on borrowed time,for three times shells had freakishly left him untouched.
他侥幸活了下来,3次都神奇地没有被炮弹炸。
race against time
派对上,老师继续激励我们:
We are all in a race against time to make our dreams come true.
为了实现我们的梦想
我们都在和时间赛跑
这个句子不难理解,就是与时间赛跑。抓紧时间,珍惜光阴,分秒必争的意思。race既可以做动词,也可以做名词。
【例如】
Jen's going to have to race against timeif she wants to get her story in tomorrow's newspaper—it's almost time to send it to the publisher!
Jen想要明天在包之中发表她的故事,就要与时间赛跑,马上就到交稿时间了。