背景介绍:《Free Loop》是加拿大歌手“城市琴人”Daniel Powter演唱的一首歌曲,由Daniel Powter填词谱曲,收录在Daniel Powter 2005年发行的专辑《Daniel Powter 同名专辑》中,是该专辑的第二主打歌曲,因2006年被用作福特轿车广告曲而为中国歌迷所熟知。
重点词汇词组
1. I’m a little used to calling outside your name
be used to doing sth. 习惯于做某事
例:I'm not used to eating so much at lunchtime.
我不习惯午饭吃那么多。
常见搭配:
be used to sth./sb. 熟悉......
例:We're used to tourists here - we get thousands every year.
我们这儿见惯了游客——每年都有几千人来。
2. I won't see you tonight so I can keep from going insane
keep from doing sth. 克制住不做......, 抑制住不做......
例:I couldn't keep from smiling when she told me what she'd done.
当她把她做的事告诉我时,我实在忍不住笑了。
相关俚语:
keep it down 安静一些,小声一些
例:Hey you guys, keep it down in there – I’m on the phone!
嗨,你们小点声,我在打电话!
3. I'll be stewed tomorrow if I don't leave us both the same
stew 消磨时间,无所事事
例:With jobs so scarce, many young people spend long hours with little to do but drink and stew.
工作机会很少,许多年轻人除了喝酒和消磨时间外,整天无所事事。
相关俚语:
in a stew 坐立不安;心烦意乱
例:William is in a stew about his tax return.
威廉正在为纳税申报单的事而坐立不安。
4. Only time will tell and I will figure out
figure out 弄懂,弄明白
例:I can't figure out why he did it.
我弄不明白他为什么要那么做。
相关俚语:
put a figure on it 给出确切的钱数(或具体费用)
例:I'm sure we'll make a good profit, but I couldn't put a figure on it.
我肯定我们能赚一大笔钱,但是我说不出确切的数字。
5. And it's hard for me to lose in my life I've found
lose 输掉; 失败
例:The government lost the argument over the pace of reform.
政府输掉了关于改革速度的辩论。
常见搭配:
lose out 处于劣势;吃亏
例:The new tax means that the vast majority of working people will lose out.
征收新税意味着大多数正在工作的人将会受损失。
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