Diven教你说美语20-俚语风暴(十三)“痴心妄想”怎么说？.doc

Diven教你说美语-百度百科：一个广受欢迎的介绍中国特色词汇的美语表达方式的栏目。主要介绍一些风趣幽默，贴近生活，紧跟时尚的“新鲜热词”。Diven用他高超的翻译技巧，将中国的时尚热词“一个不剩”的转换成最in（潮），最cool（酷），最authentic（正）的美语表达方式。Diven用他那独特而“轻松俏皮”的讲解风格使人感受到前所未有的学习乐趣。他提供的学习内容也十分“实用”，学习者随时都可将学到的知识运用到实际生活中。

Diven教你说美语20-俚语风暴（十三）“痴心妄想”怎么说？
本期主题：俚语风暴（十三）

1. 痴心妄想 get one's hope up
But, as Bilton explains, these meetings will "easily take over a year to conclude." So, let's not get our hopes up.
Diven注释: get one's hope up 痴心妄想，抱有希望。conclude 得出结论，结束。

2. 两面派 two-faced;
People usually tend to be two-faced from their individual life to work.
Diven注释：two-faced. 两张脸的人，即“两面派”。individual life 个人生活，私生活。

3. 替身 stunt-double
Tyler-- Almost every star has his or her designated stunt-double.
Diven-- Right on. There’re always many unknown people stand behind those big successes.
Diven注释：stunt-double 一般指演员的“替身”。

4. 背后小人 back stabber
Tyler-- Jeff is back stabber. He has almost bad-mouthed everyone.
Diven-- Oh, forget it, now you're back stabbing him.
Diven注释：back stabber 背后说人坏话的人。stab 戳，刺，冲突。

5. 御用司机 the designated driver.
Rita-- So Paul is your designated driver?
Diven--Right on. Besides, he's my best friend.
Diven注释：the designated driver 御用司机，指定司机。designated 指定。

6. 靠边停车 pull over
Paul knew all the best places to pull over along Highway 101.
Diven注释：pull over 靠边停车。over是在这里指动作的“方向”，把车往路边停。

7. 走狗屎运have a tough break
Paul-- Man, you know what disaster happened to me this morning? I lost my wallet, within which are all my money and cards.
Tyler-- Oh, that really sucks. You just had a tough break。
Diven注释：have a tough break 走狗屎运，运气极差。

8. 耍花招 gimmick
Over the last two weeks, Diven and his team tried every marketing gimmick they could think of to popularize their English teaching program.
Diven注释：gimmick 花招，手段。

9. 刷爆信用卡 max out somebody's credit card
Diven-- Rita loves shopping to death，she max out her credit card every time she got her salary pay.
Tyler-- That's what women always do.
Diven注释： max out somebody's credit card 刷爆信用卡。

10. 记仇 hold a grudge against someone
Diven-- Don't bad-mouth Davis like that，he holds grudges against anyone who talks bad about him.
Tyler-- He's a devil.
Diven-- Just stop it.
Diven注释：hold a grudge against someone 记仇。bad-mouth 作动词，说某人坏话，和gossip类似，但是性质更加恶劣。

今天的学习到此为止。Let's call it a day. Have fun!
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