英语俚语习语小对话第327期: "着人先鞭,暗自陈仓"英语怎么说? (mp3和文本下载)

第327期:着人先鞭,暗自陈仓

A: Did you get the car you wanted?
你买到你看上的那辆车了吗？

B: No. Someone had stolen a march on me and bought it.
没有，有人比我抢先一步买走了。

A: What about the car over there?
那边的那辆车怎么样？

B: It is marvelous, and the price is marvelous, as well.
很棒，价格也很惊人。

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习语

steal a march on somebody
1 解词释义
此语原来指“当有的军队还在休息时，有的军队已经开始进军了”，因此就有“抢先一步，暗自陈仓”“巧妙地先发制人”“着人先鞭 ”之意。

2 支持范例
The army stole a march on the enemy by marching at night and attacking them in the morning.
部队凭夜里行军早晨攻击偷袭了敌人。

The truth is, you're pissed off because we stole a march on you.
事实真相是：因为我们一声不响地抢在了你们的前面，所以你们恼羞成怒了。

英语学习笔记：

as well：adv. 也
e.g. I write my own songs and I play the guitar as well.
我唱自己谱曲的歌，也弹吉他。

e.g. Often life is much slower outside the big cities, as is true in other countries as well.
大都市外面的生活步调往往是缓慢得多，这在其他国家也是真的那样。

口语句型
What about...？
使用情境：用于征求别人的意见。
句型用法：What about something?
What about doing something?
句型操练：The job's done, that's all well and good but what about the bonus we were promised?
工作完成了，好倒是好，但是答应给我们的奖金给不给?
What about doing a spot of work?
做点儿事怎么样?