摩登家庭S04E01的11个用法

1.the dawn of sth



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我们都知道dawn是黎明的意思,在这里可以把这个名词拓展为“...的开端”。

eg.  ...the dawn of the radio age.

无线电时代的开端


2. gear up

sb be geared up to do 某人为了做某事

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eg. I was seriously geared up to the final exam.


3. beteew the lines

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line本来是指戏剧里的“一句台词,一句对白”。between lines 又作between two lines,字面意思是在两句话之间,其实就是言外之意,弦外之音。体会言外之意,听懂弦外之音是“read between lines”或“read between two lines”。


4. prom

n.舞会

还记得暮光之城吧?

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5.cram v.

cram sth into sth

把…塞进;使塞满 

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这里Mitch和Cam收养孩子失败,Cam在向Mitch建议不如他们收养一只猫来弥补一下遗憾。然而,Mitch这里毒舌了一把...


它还可以表示嘴里塞满了东西。

eg.She crammed her mouth with caviar.

她嘴里塞满了鱼子酱。


也可以表示(为应考)临时死记硬背,填鸭式学习

She was cramming for her Economics exam...

她正在为应付经济学考试临阵磨枪。


6.hangover n.


if someone wakes up with a hangover, they feel sick and have a headache because they have drunk a lot of alcohol the night before.

猜到了吧?作为名词,宿醉。

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搭配hangover cure 解酒的东西,这里宿醉的Haley被她老妈恶整了一下,不管怎么样,吐出来就好。


7.way

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这里的way是做副词指“远远地;大大地;非常”,相当于“very”。而这里Luke也不是

夸Manny比小宝宝还可爱,他潜台词是“你怎么可能有小宝宝可爱呢?你一定会失宠的”。


8. take a whiff

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whiff,通常做数量词,这里指“一阵(气味)”,比如 a whiff of perfume 一阵香水味。

whiff还有抽象的意思,“ 迹象,轻微的征兆 ” eg.The TV show had the whiff of hypocrisy and pomposity.  这个电视节目有些伪善和夸耀的嫌疑。


9.storm off

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storm这里做动词,“ 气冲冲地疾走,冲,闯”,storm out/​off/​into: After a bit of an argument, he stormed out... 争吵了几句后,他气冲冲地走了出去。

这里也是个很搞笑的梗,Mitch和Cam领养孩子失败而降低要求打算领养一只小猫,但是工作人员告诉他们必须要填表,然后等待工作人员实地拜访审核他们是否符合标准...


10.a heck of a

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a /one/heck of a 用来强调你正在说的东西。eg.It was a heck of a decision to have to make. 这是一个必须作出的决定。


11.set

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形容词下定决心的;坚决的 If you are set on something, you are strongly determined to do or have it. If you are set against something, you are strongly determined not to do or have it.

eg.Margaret was always mischievous and set on her own individual course...

玛格丽特总是调皮捣乱,而且一意孤行。


最后,让我们来一个quick review。

1.the dawn of sth

2.be geared up to do sth

3.between the lines

4.prom

5.cram sth into sth

6.hangover

7.way

8.take a wiff

9.storm off

10. a heck of a

11.set


Reference

collins 双解词典

沪江英语词典

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