不行

No dice!

不行！

no dice 起源于20世纪初，当时赌博在美国的许多州是非法的，而骰子是赌博的重要工具，也是警察抓赌的关键证据。因此当警察抓赌的时候，赌徒们总是要想尽办法把骰子藏起来。法院甚至会因为警察在现场没有找到骰子而不受理案件，或因证据不足而判赌徒无罪。后来人们就用这个俚语来表示不同意、不可能等否定意思，即：“不行，不可以”。因此，当美国人说"No Dice!"时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"I disapprove you!"、"It is impossible!"、"no way!"。

情景对白：

Adolph: Let's meet for a drink after work.

阿道夫：下班后一起喝一杯吧。

Benjamin: No dice! Do you forget that we're going to visit a client this evening?

本杰明：不行，你难道忘了我们晚上要约见客户吗？

搭配句积累：

①It's good indeed, but not practical.

确实很好，但是不实际。

②We don't have so much money to train them.

我们没有足够的预算去培训他们。

③I have the final say here.

在这儿，我说了算。

④We should consider it from an overall perspective.

我们必须从全局角度来考虑。

单词：

1. dice n. 骰子

The other half were asked to participate in a game of dice.

另一半人参与一种掷骰子游戏。

It's your turn to throw the dice.

轮到你掷骰子了。

2. perspective n. 角度

So let's try to look at it from a different perspective.

那么就让我们试着换个角度再看看这个问题。

He says the death of his father 18 months ago has given him a new perspective on life.

他说18个月前父亲的去世让他对人生有了新的认识。

Most literature on the subject of immigrants in France has been written from the perspective of the French themselves.

大多数有关法国外来移民的文学作品都是从法国人的视角写的。