汉译英难点详解500例（6）：赞同与反对

这个颜色对你再合适不过了。
This color suits you to a T.

15.让人看不下去：an eye-sore

看那两个年轻人在那里又搂又吻的真让人看不下去。
The two young guys’ caressing and spooning there are plain an eye-sore.

16.不能用了：be done for

这件大衣不能穿了。买件新的吧。
Buy yourself a new coat. This one is already done for.

17. 不理不睬：not even give a tumble

小李三番五次的说他喜欢小刘，可是小刘对他不理不睬
Xiao Li says that he likes Xiao Liu but she doesn’t even give him tumble.

18.拒绝某人的求婚：give somebody the mitten

她说她的求婚被拒绝了。
She said that she had been given the mitten.

19.为……说句好话：put in a good word for

你可以去找老王，让他在老板面前为你说句好话。
You may go to Lao Wang and ask him to put in a good word for you in front of the boss.

20.怎么也不……：can’t for the life of one

我怎么也想不起他的电话号码了
I can’t for the life of me remember his telephone number.

21.绝对没有：I’d eat my hat if I had…

我绝对没有把那个消息告诉她。
I’d eat my hat if I had disclosed the news to her.

22.算了吧：call it quits

算了吧。他既然已有新欢，我也就不打算和他复婚了
I’d call it quits, and I would not remarry him for that he’s already had his new woman.

23.合格：be up to grade

他们的新产品基本上都是合格的。
Their new products are near up to grade.

24.我同意：I’ll drink to it

你是说我们今晚到饭馆去吃么？这个我同意
Did you say we’d eat out tonight? I’ll drink to that.

25. 严加训斥：give somebody a dressing down

老板听到那个消息后严厉训斥了参与此事的职员。
On hearing the news, the boss gave a dressing down to all those clerks that were involved in the business.

26.一个字也不说：not breathe a word

她的嘴很紧，直到现在对那件事她也没有吐露一个字。
She ‘s tight-mouthed .So far she has not breathed a word about that.