《九号秘事》,英国黑暗喜剧,第五季最近上线啦。这部剧每季豆瓣评分都9+,没有影评看不懂系列。对英剧、讽刺、悬疑、现实等题材感兴趣的朋友一定要追啊!每季6集,一集一个单独的故事,每集29分钟,经常在最后2分钟反转,让你后背发凉。而且两位主演自编自演,无论台词还是演技都非常炸裂!可以一起来看一下第五季第三集有哪些值得注意的表达!
straight/pokerface严肃/扑克 脸
straight face,指“绷着的脸,忍住不笑的脸”,“'if you keep a straight face, you do not laugh or smile, although you find sth funny”,也可用作形容词“straight-faced”。
straight还可以表示戏剧或角色是严肃的,即“not connected with comedy or musical theatre, but with serious theatre 严肃的,正统的(与喜剧、音乐剧无关)”。
straight,既可以用作形容词,也可以用作副词,本义是“直”,还可以引申出很多其他意思:
☆立即
I'll come straight to the point - your work isn't good enough.
我开门见山地说吧,你的工作做得不够好。
☆连续地/连续的
They had been working for 16 hours straight.
他们已经一连工作了 16 个小时。
The team has had five straight wins.
这支队伍已经连赢五场比赛了。
☆直率地(honestly and directly)
☆直率的(honest and direct)
go straight改邪归正
playit straight诚实无欺;公平公正
straight from the shoulder 坦诚;直言不讳
the straight and narrow
(thehonestandmorallyacceptablewayofliving)
诚实正当的生活;正路
Hiswifeistryingtokeephimonthestraightandnarrow.
他妻子想方设法让他要诚实正派。
☆(only before noun)简单明了的;非此即彼的
Itwasastraightchoicebetweentakingthejobandstayingoutofwork.
要么接受这份工作,要么继续失业,此外别无其他选择。
(BrE)Theelectionwasastraightfightbetweenthetwo mainparties.
那次选举是两大党直接交锋。
send me flying
把我撞飞了
send除了可以表达“发送”、“派遣”以外,还可以引申为“to make sb move suddenly and quickly” 使某人快速移动
send sb/sth doing sth
Every step he took sent the pain shooting up his leg.
他每走一步,疼痛就顺腿蹿上来。
也可以与介词或副词搭配
send sb/sth+ adv./prep.
The report sent share prices down a further 8p.
这份报告一公布,股价又跌了 8 便士。
send也可以指使做出某种反应;使表现出(某种行为)
send sbto/into sth
Her music always sends me to sleep.
她的音乐总让我进入梦乡。
send sb + adj.
All the publicity nearby sent him crazy.
成天生活在公众的注意之下让他差一点发疯了。
get a bit jittery
有点紧张
jittery (informal, adj.)表示“anxious and nervous”, "紧张不安的;心神不宁的",名词形式为“jitters”,常用作复数。
还有哪些短语表示“紧张”?
☆on edge (nervous or bad-tempered)
She was always on edge before an interview.
她在面试前总是紧张不安。
☆get fidgety坐立不安
☆have butterfliesinmy stomach
☆be a bundle/bag of nerves
(be extremely worried or frightened)
I remember you were a bundle of nerves on your wedding day.
我记得你在婚礼那天紧张极了。
☆give sb theheebie-jeebies
(old-fashioned; informal)
If sth makes you scared or nervous, you can say that itgives you the heebie-jeebies.
I hate walking through the city at night. There are lots of scarypeople out and they give me the heebie-jeebies.
这个词真的看起来就很好玩,最早出现在1923年比利·德贝克(Billy DeBeck)的报纸漫画中,在漫画中,一个角色说“You dumb ox—why don't you get that stupid look offa your pan—you gimme the heeby jeebys!” 随着时间的推移,这个词的拼写也发生了变化,变成“heebie-jeebies”,这是一个新造词,两个词本身没有任何意思,只有放在一起时才表示“紧张、害怕”。
loan shark
放高利贷者
shark(informal) 诈骗钱财者
card shark 玩纸牌骗钱的人
hit and run
肇事逃跑
good riddance (to sb)
(不友善的话,表示很高兴某人或某物已离开)
have one's eye on sb
看上/钟意 某人
“看”其实经常和“恋爱”联系起来
比如
be seeing sb 表示与…交往
Is she seeing anyone at the moment?
她这阵子是否在和什么人谈恋爱?
off work
(因生病或度假)不工作
“off”的本义非常简单,就是指“某物与另一物分开或脱离”,但和很多介词一样,可以引申出很多丰富的意思,例如:
☆be off sth (informal) 不再喜欢某物
I’m right off sweet things at the moment.
现在我不吃甜东西。
☆(安排好的事情)被取消
The wedding'soff.
婚礼取消了。
☆不再吃(药等)
The operation was a success, and she's offthe morphine.
手术很成功,她已不再需要注射吗啡了。
☆避开(某话题)
keep off the subject of politics
勿谈政治
☆从……获得 (spoken)
Idon't really get a lot of information, andif I do I get it off Mark.
☆在……附近 (If something is situated off a place such as a coast, room, or road, it is near to it or next to it, but not exactly in it.)
Lily lives in a penthouse just off Park Avenue.
莉莉住在公园大道附近的一套顶层豪华公寓里。
☆gooff(食物)变质的
☆off and on 断断续续
等等等,意思还有很多,但只要记住最核心的“脱离”意思,就很好理解其他用法了。
plod on
缓慢而艰难地进行
plod 本义指“沉重而缓慢地走”,“If someone plods, they walk slowly and heavily.”
plod on/along(with sth)可以引申为"某件事情进行地缓慢而艰难"
Aircraft production continued to plod along at an agonizingly slow pace.
飞机制造业仍旧举步维艰,发展速度之缓很让人头疼。
关注公主号“Cassiel英语”,获取更多看《九号秘事》学英语系列!