1. 热播剧 hit show

形容一个事物很受欢迎，可以用hit，如果说极为成功和受欢迎，可以说smash hit。形容一部剧精彩好看，可以用great、brilliant、fantastic等词。

The hit show is due to return early next year.

这部热播剧明年初回归。

Her new series is a smash hit.

她的新剧极为成功。

I saw a brilliant TV show on Netflix the other day called “Fleabag”. Have you seen it?

我前两天在网飞上看了一部很好看的剧叫《伦敦生活》，你看过没？

Any good?

好看吗？

I'm such a big fan of the show.

这部剧我太爱了。

I never miss a single episode.

我一集没落。

The show was fantastic! You should have watched it.

这部剧太好看了！你真应该看看的。

2. 烂尾 anticlimactic

不管《狂飙》有没有烂尾，总有剧烂尾，关于“烂尾”的英文我们还是要学起来。形容一部剧烂尾，可以用“虎头蛇尾”这个词，英文为anticlimactic，它是由climax（高潮）变化而来的。也可以说它有一个weak ending或者poor finish。还可以用underwhelming，也就是overwhelming的反义词，overwhelming指的是“强大的，压倒性的”，underwhelming就是“令人失望的，没留下什么印象的”。

The conclusion of the movie was anticlimactic.

这部电影烂尾了。

The TV show has a strong start but a weak ending.

这部剧开局不错，可惜烂尾。

It was a somewhat anticlimactic ending to series two of Bloodlands.

《血色土地》第二季可以说是有点烂尾了。

The opening of the book is exciting, but the ending is underwhelming.

这本书开篇令人激动，结尾令人失望。

3. 反派 villain

这部剧塑造了一正一邪两个主要角色，正面角色也就是主人公，英文中叫做protagonist，或者说故事的hero（英雄），而反面角色叫做antagonist，也就是故事中的villain，指“恶棍”“大坏蛋”。超级英雄是superhero，那么超级大反派就是supervillain。

Voldemort is the antagonist in Harry Potter.

伏地魔是《哈利波特》中的反面角色。

He always plays the villain in TV shows.

他在电视剧中总演反派。

There are a lot of supervillains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

漫威电影中有很多超级大反派。

4. 教科书式演技 chameleon actor

剧中扮演高启强的张颂文可谓是教科书式演技，怪不得网友说“建议查查张颂文，不像演的”！形容演技自然，我们可以用convincing（有说服力的）、natural（自然的）等词来形容，还可以说这个演员是一个“变色龙演员” a chameleon actor/actress，也可以说TA“变成了角色” become the character等。

His acting was really convincing.

他的表演太逼真了。

It's such a natural performance.

演技太自然了。

She plays the role so well. It is one of the best acting performances I have ever seen.

她演得太好了，这是我看过的最好的表演之一。

He’s a chameleon actor that disappears into his roles.

他简直就是一个变色龙演员，完全消失在他的角色里。

He doesn’t just act. It’s as if he becomes the character he is playing.

他不仅仅是表演，他简直就像变成了所演的角色。

She has a talent for playing her scenes and saying her lines as if they had just occurred to her.

她有一种才能，表演说台词就像是自然而然发生的。

5. 老戏骨 veteran actor/actress

张译和张颂文两位都是老戏骨了。“老戏骨”“演技派”英文可以说veteran actor/actress，veteran指“经验丰富的，老练的”，另外还可以用trouper，这个词指的是“表演经验很丰富的台柱子”。

Veteran actor Robert De Niro is no stranger to putting his body through hell for a role.

老戏骨罗伯特·德·尼罗为角色地狱般塑身不是什么新鲜事了。

He is a veteran actor of both silver and small screen.

他在电影和电视圈都是老戏骨了。

She had been a well-known Broadway trouper before making her screen debut.

她投身大荧幕前一直是百老汇的台柱子。

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