MBA英语素材:莎士比亚创造的英文词 说的就是我啊!
【MBAChina网讯】提到莎士比亚,很多人想到的是英国文豪,剧作家,四大悲剧,四大喜剧这些标签。
可大家知道吗,莎士比亚还是一位“造词专家”——他给英语语言贡献了比任何人都多的词汇,短语和表达!现在我们使用的很多短语和词汇,都是当年莎翁自己创造出来的。
想要学好英语,深入理解英国文化的底蕴,莎士比亚可谓是不可不读。英大今天为大家介绍7个莎士比亚创造的短语!赶快来学习~
1. A night owl
夜猫子
英文解释:A person who is active late at night
出自:The Rape of Lucrece 《鲁克丽丝受辱记》
例句:
She's a night owl and has always done her best work after midnight.
她是个夜猫子,往往在午夜过后工作效率最高。
2. Wear my heart on my sleeve
感情外露
英文解释:Display your feelings openly, for all to see.
出自:Othello 《奥赛罗》
For when my outward action doth demonstrate
The native act and figure of my heart
In compliment extern, 'tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at: I am not what I am.
例句:
He wears his heart on his sleeve and often gets hurt.
他是个感情外露的人,常常受伤。
3. In a pickle
处于困境,遇到麻烦
英文解释:In a difficult situation; in a mess
出自:The Tempest 《暴风雨》
And Trinculo is reeling ripe: where should they
Find this grand liquor that hath gilded 'em?
How camest thou in this pickle?
注释:使用中,可以加上一些形容词进行强调:in a real/right...pickle
例句:
Things are in a real pickle at the moment, I'm afraid. My assistant's left and I'm completely lost without him!
现在我真是处境窘迫,我的助手离开了,没有他我简直不知道从何下手。
4. The milk of human kindness
人的善良天性
英文解释:Care and compassion for others;kind feelings
出自:Macbeth 《麦克白》
Yet doe I feare thy Nature, It is too full o' th' Milke of humane kindnesse.
例句:
There's not much of the milk of human kindness in him. I've never known such a hard man.
他没有什么恻隐之心,我从来没见过这么冷酷的人。
5. Pound of flesh
合法但不合理的要求;(勒令偿还的)全部债务;(不顾一切讨回的)所欠的东西
英文解释:Something which is owed that is ruthlessly required to be paid back, even if this will cause them trouble or suffering.
注释:在使用中,我们可以用动词take,demand来搭配。
例句:
They want their pound of flesh; they want every penny we owe them by next Monday.
他们一点不讲情面,要我们在下周一之前归还欠他们的每一分钱。
I didn't realize working hear was going to be such hard work. They really demand their pound of flesh, don't they?
我不知道在这里工作这么辛苦。他们简直不顾别人死活,是不是?
6. Sea change
大转变;巨变
英文解释:a strong and noticeable change in a situation
出自:The Tempest 《暴风雨》
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell
例句:
A sea change has been taken place in young people's attitudes to their parents.
年轻人对待父母的态度已经发生了三百六十度转变。
7. Set your teeth on edge
使人牙根发酸;使感到不舒服(恼怒,烦躁,紧张... ...)
英文解释:Literally, to cause an unpleasant tingling of the teeth. More generally, the expression is used to describe any feeling of unpleasant distaste.
出自:Henry IV 《亨利四世》
例句:
That noise is really setting my teeth on edge! Can you stop?
那噪声让我很不舒服!你能不能停下来?
It sets my teeth on edge when I hear him talking to his mother so rudely.
听到他跟自己的母亲说话这么无礼,我很恼火。
试着用上面的7个词组造句吧!看看有没有消化呢~
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