hot potato
短语“hot potato”所表达的意思是“烫手山芋,比较棘手的问题”,英文释义为“a subject or problem that no one wants to deal with, because it is difficult and any decision might make people angry”。
[例句]
1.The issue has become a political hot potato.
这个问题已经变成了一个非常棘手的政治矛盾。
2.The shortage of housing supply is fast becoming a hot potato for the council.
住房供应短缺正快速成为委员会的一个棘手难题。
3.The pay rise issue is a hot potato for management.
对管理部门来说,加薪问题是一个棘手难题。
4.He learned that his idea would cost such a pile of money, he dropped it like a hot potato.
当他意识到他的方案需要很大一笔经费时,马上放弃了。
5.Soon after he allowed the young man to work in his office, the boss realized that he had been handed a hot potato.
老板刚一允许这个年轻人在他那里工作,他就意识到引来了麻烦。
couch potato
“couch potato”的意思是“电视迷”,它的英文释义为“someone who spends a lot of time sitting and watching television”。
[例句]
1.A screen is not just a screen,though.The one-way interaction between TV and the couch potato is far different than an absorbing Scrabble play-off with a friend on a mobile phone.
屏幕不仅仅只是一块屏幕,那种电视与电视痴迷黏在一起的单向交互节目远远不同于在手机上与朋友一同玩那个吸引人的拼字游戏的最后决赛。
2.But even the laziest couch potato soon notice some changes to his television set.
但即使最懒惰的电视迷也将发现他观看电视时发生的变化。
3.He's nothing but a couch potato.
他不过就是成天在沙发上看电视的人。
mouse potato
“mouse potato”直译为“老鼠土豆”,但它所表达的实际意思是“网瘾少年”,英文释义为“someone who spends a lot of time playing on a computer, especially using the Internet”。
[例句]
1.My 14-year old son has become a mouse potato ever since he was given his own PC for his birthday.
自从我儿子14岁生日得到了他的自己的电脑后,他就变成了一个网虫。
2.I'm a typical mouse potato. I can coop up all day at home playing computer games.
我是个典型电脑迷。我能把自己关在房子里一整天打游戏。
big potato
“big potato”除了有“大土豆”的意思,它还可以表示“大人物”的意思,那么,小伙伴们知道“small potato”的意思吗?它就是“小人物”的意思了!短语“big potato”来源于在哥伦布没把土豆带回欧洲之前,穷人家很难填饱肚子。到后来推广土豆种植之后,土豆产量高。土豆成为了主食,粮食问题得到解决,可以说土豆就是穷人的救世主。
[例句]
1.He's a big potato here, I admire him very much.
他是这里的大人物,我很崇拜他2.Some big potatoes will stop by our company this afternoon, so please act like a profession.
一些大人物今天下午要顺便参观我们公司,所以请大家表现得像个专业人士。
3.Pikachu's friend Mary is a small potato.
皮卡丘的朋友玛丽是个小人物。
4.I'm only a small potato in this office.
在这个办公室里,我是个小人物。
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