艾伦秀第117期:难以置信

1、turn off

驶离，离开（…路);转弯;拐入旁路

The truck turned off the main road along the gravelly track which led to the farm.

卡车驶离大路，沿着通向农场的碎石小道行进。

He turned off only to find he was trapped in a town square with no easy exit.

他转入岔路，却发现自己困在了一个难觅出口的市镇广场。

关上;关掉；截断，切断（…的供应）

The light's a bit too harsh. You can turn it off.

灯光有点太刺眼了。你可以把灯关掉。

I have to get up and turn off the radio.

我必须起床关上收音机。

使丧失兴趣

What turns teenagers off science and technology?

是什么使青少年对科学技术丧失了兴趣？

Teaching off a blackboard is boring, and undoubtedly turns people off.

照本宣科枯燥乏味，无疑会使人们丧失学习兴趣。

2、congratulate

祝贺;向…道贺

She congratulated him on the birth of his son.

她祝贺他喜得贵子。

I was absolutely astonished by the reaction to our engagement. Everyone started congratulating us.

大家对我们订婚的反应让我非常惊讶。所有人都开始祝贺我们。

表扬；称赞

I really must congratulate the organisers for a well run and enjoyable event.

活动安排得有条不紊，充满乐趣，我必须要称赞一下组织者。

We specifically wanted to congratulate certain players.

我们特别想表扬几名选手。

为(自己)感到高兴(或自豪）

Waterstone has every reason to congratulate himself.

沃特斯通完全有理由为自己感到高兴。

Journalists have been congratulating themselves on the role the press has played in the investigations.

记者们为新闻界在调查中所起的作用感到自豪。