情景对话:
Leonard: Listen, um, I think there's been a misunderstanding. See, Penny is my fiancée.
听着,我觉得这其中有误会。Penny是我的未婚妻。
知识点讲解:
Fiancée
未婚妻
Cliché
陈词滥调 n.
①
Telling him to follow his heart is so cliché.
告诉他让他追随自己的感觉真是很老套啊。
②
This movie is full of clichés.
那部电影好老套哦。
Cliché 也有复数形式,比如:
Too many clichés.
太多陈词滥调了。
Critique
评论,批判 v. n.
①
I could critique it for you.
(如果你需要)我可以帮你评论一下。
②
Thanks for critiquing my paper. I'll go back and rewrite it now.
谢谢你对我论文的评论。我现在回去重写。
③
The professor assigned us to write a critique of an old movie.
教授让我们给一个老电影写一个评论。
Déjà vu
似曾相识 n.
①
When I walked in the hotel, I felt a strong sense of déjà vu. It's like I've been here before.
走进这家酒店的时候,我感到特别的似曾相识。就好像我来过一样。
②
something is like déjà vu
某件事情就好像似曾相识。
Talking about future technologies with you is like déjà vu. Did we have this conversation before?
跟你聊未来的科技就好像似曾相识的感觉,我们之前聊过这个吗?
En route
在途中 adv.
Why don't we stop for lunch en route?
为什么我们不在途中停下来吃个午餐呢?
Touché
讲得好 int. 感叹词
①
A: I might be broke, but at least I don't owe anyone money.
我可能没钱,但我至少不欠别人钱。
B: Touché.
讲得好。
②
A: Why are you giving me relationship advice? You've never had a boyfriend for longer than 2 weeks.
你为什么要给我有关于谈恋爱的意见呢?你从来没有一个超过2个礼拜的男朋友。
B: Touché.
说得棒。
Genre
(文学、艺术作品的)类型
Genre of sth
…的类型
a genre of film / movie
电影的一种类型
Omelet
煎蛋饼
Protégé
学徒
Retard
弱智