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英語中你沒見過的新鮮詞彙

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中文裏有“宅”“恐婚族”這樣的城市流行語,英文中一樣有這樣想象力與構詞法催生的新鮮詞。這些新詞的生命力有多久且不論,我們完全可以拿來讓自己的語言更生動有趣,比如說中午太困了,可以說I got a mid-day crisis. 是不是很有腔調的感覺呢?

英語中你沒見過的新鮮詞彙

  Good lenses, bad frames

  人不可貌相

Describing someone who gives a bad first impression but is actually a good person. Someone who doesn't appear to be competent, yet is extremely capable at what he/she does.

形容一個給人的第一印象極差、但本質很好的人,或者指表面看不出來,實則深藏不露的高手。

例句:Dr. Bruce is a spaz, but he's one of the best doctors I know. You wouldn't know it by looking at lenses, bad frames.

  Mid-day crisis

  午間危機

When one is in adesperate need for a siesta because they become extremely tired in the afternoon and coffee isn't cutting it any longer.

指急需午睡以補充體力的情況,這種時候通常咖啡已經不管用了。

例句:After that wild night of drinking, I had the worst mid-day crisis ever.
Clock Out With My Cock Out

下班high去嘍

To "call it a day" at work so you can go party.

下班之後去派對狂歡(clock out即打卡下班,也可以說punch out)

例句:-Hey, dude, you coming to happy hour?

-Hells yeah! It's time to clock out with my cock out!

  Nearsighted Date

  “近視”相親

As opposed to a blind date, where you have no idea what the other person looks like, a nearsighted date is one where you've seen a photo or chatted via web before meeting in person.

與blind date(事先一無所知的相親)相對,指在相親前看過對方的照片或者網聊過。

This can often lead to disappointment if one person or the other has supplied misleading documentation.

如果對方沒有給你真實照片或提供了虛假信息,nearsighted date一樣有見光死的可能。

例句:That's the last nearsighted date I ever go profile picture must have been 5 years, 3 hair colors and 2 kids ago.(這個見光死死得徹底啊……)


Happy Late Year

  拜個晚年

When people are still saying Happy New Year, even though it's already a week after the new year.

年後一個星期,拜年的時候就不是new year了,是late year。

例句:-Happy new year!!! whats up??

-More like happy late year... it was new years 5 days ago.

  Work avalanche

  工作壓死人

When there is so much work piled on your desk, movement from under it is nearly impossible.

桌上一堆東西要處理,想脫身而出,不可能。

例句:Hey, pour me a drink! I worked up quite a thirstdigging out from my work avalanche to get to happy hour.

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