【重点词汇讲解】
1. Man, that lousy Mufasa.
lousy:讨厌的,糟糕的
例:
What a lousy day I had.
我这一天过得多糟啊。
That was a lousy movie.
那电影真是糟透了。
He shouted and stomped in his office because the lousy computer virus ruined all his files.
他在办公室里又叫又跺脚,因为讨厌的电脑病毒毁了他所有的档案。
Everytime he gets drunk, he goes into lousy preaching routine.
每次喝醉,他就开始他那令人讨厌的说教。
2. Will you knock it off?
knock off:停止,中断
例:
Let's knock off early today.
我们今天早些收工吧。
I can knock off a poem in half an hour.
半小时之内我就能作一首诗。
Tim, knock it off, would you? Your singing is killing me.
你中断好吗?你的歌声的确要我的命!
3. No wonder we're dangling at the bottom of the food chain.
no wonder:怪不得
例:
With all of ATM's sophistication, it's no wonder that people want to deploy it.
由于ATM具有种种先进性,人们希望配置它就不足为奇了。
No wonder that I cannot recognize him, now he looks different.
难怪我认不出来了,现在他看起来不一样了。
4. So pushy.
pushy:爱出风头的
例:
Pushy parents who want their kids to be winners all the time put kids under extreme pressure.
爱出风头的父母希望自己的孩子始终都是赢家,给孩子们极端的压力。
He is very single-minded, has a tendency to be over-enthusiastic, and can appear to be rather pushy.
他心思很单一,总是过于热情,可能显得爱出风头。