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恒星口语讲堂:"不对头"用英语怎么说?

2010-05-11来源:和谐英语

有人给你介绍了一桩特别划算的买卖,说得天花乱坠,可你总觉得不对头,后来的事情证明你的感觉确实正确。这个“不对头”就可以用 to smell fishy 来表示。

新鲜的鱼营养很丰富,味道又鲜美。可惜的是,鱼很容易变质,时间放长了,它就会发臭。To smell fishy的意思就是在某一件事情上你感到不太对头,似乎有人在进行欺骗,这时候你就可以说“It smells fishy.”

我们现在来举个例子:

Somebody offered to sell me some beach property in Florida at a good cheap price. But the deal smelled fishy so I went down to take a look. Sure enough, every time the tide came in, the land was under three feet of water.

有一个人要把佛罗里达州海滨的土地卖给我,价钱很便宜。但是,我总觉得这笔交易有点不对头,所以就到那里去看了一看。果然,每当潮水来的时候,这块地就被三英尺深的水淹没了。

下面这个例句是一个人在报上看到出售旧汽车的广告,价钱实在便宜,便宜得都让人觉得不太对头了。你猜是怎么回事?

It appeared to be a real bargain, but I smelled something fishy because the man was in such a hurry to sell it. I was right--later on I found out the car was stolen.

价钱可真是便宜,可是这人那么急急忙忙要卖掉让我感到不太对头。我还真是没错,后来我才发现那辆车是偷来的。