1. Help. Hi. This is torture. How am I supposed to come up with something pithy and dynamic to say about cinnamon blends?
【句子翻译】帮帮忙,你好,这太折磨人了。我怎样才能精辟准确地介绍肉桂果物?
【句子解析】
知识点扩展:be supposed to 的用法
用法一: be supposed to... 其中to是动词不定式符号,不是介词,其后要跟动词原形。当be supposed to... 的主语是“人” 时,意为“应该…… ”;“被期望……”,它可以用来表示劝告、建议、义务、责任等,相当于情态动词should。如:
Everyone is supposed to wear a seat-belt in the car. 每个人在汽车里都应该系安全带。
Teachers are supposed to treat all the students alike. 老师应该对所有的学生一视同仁。
用法二:当be supposed to... 的主语是“物”时,它表示“本应;本该”,用于表示“某事本应该发生而没有发生”。如:
The new laws are supposed to prevent crime. 这些新法令本应该起到防止犯罪的作用。
The train was supposed to arrive half an hour ago. 火车本应在半小时之前到达。
用法三: be supposed to后面接“have + 过去分词”时,表示“本应该做某事而没做”。如:
You are supposed to have handed in your homework by now. 现在你应该已经把作业交上来了。
He is supposed to have arrived an hour ago. 他应该一小时前就到了。
用法四: be supposed to... 的否定结构为be not supposed to...,它常用于口语中,意为“不被许可;不应当”。如:
She was not supposed to be angry about that. 她本不该为那件事而生气的。
You are not supposed to smoke on the bus. 你不应该在公共汽车上吸烟。
come up with“想出”;
The scientists are beating their brains trying to come up with a solution to the problem.
科学家正绞尽脑汁,力求找到解决这个问题的办法。
He's come up with a great idea.
他想出了一个绝好的办法。
2.It’s hard to focus on nutmeg when the guy who might be the guy of my dreams refuses to call me.
【句子翻译】我很难关注什么肉桂,这个男人很可能就是我的真命天子,但他却没有给我打电话。
【句子解析】focus on“关注于...”;
You should focus your attention on your work.
你应该把注意力放到工作上。
All eyes were focused on him.
大家的眼光都注意着他。
3. And, I mean, why should you have to wait for him to get off his ass?
【句子翻译】还有,我是说,你干嘛非得等他主动出击呢?
【句子解析】get off one's ass“亲力亲为”;