我们讲的英语第189期:Splash out 大肆挥霍

重点讲解：
1. bump into
偶然遇见；意外碰到；
eg. He hopes to bump into some of his old classmates at the party.
他希望能在聚会上碰见几个老同学。
eg. What a surprise ! I never thought I would bump into you here.
真是一个惊喜！我从没想到会在这里遇见你。
2. be up for
在被考虑之列；
eg. The famous Ritz hotel is up for grabs for ￡100m.
著名的里兹饭店开价1亿英镑供各方竞购。
eg. The house over there is up for sale.
那边的房子要出售。
3. splash out
花大笔钱（买奢侈品）；
eg. If he wanted to splash out on a new car it would take him a couple of days to get his hands on the cash...
如果他想出一大笔钱买辆新车，他得花好几天才能筹到现款。
eg. Can you afford to splash out a little? Is your budget unlimited?
你能稍微奢侈一点吗？你的预算是否有上限？
4. now and again
时而；有时；
eg. I earn enough to push the boat out now and again.
我挣的钱足以时不时摆摆阔了。
eg. Nonetheless, now and again we fail to confront our mistakes bravely.
然而，有时人们并不能正确对待自己的过失。
5. go to waste
被浪费；被糟蹋掉；
eg. So much of his enormous effort and talent will go to waste if we are forced to drop one hour of the film...
如果我们被迫把电影缩短1小时，那么他付出的许多努力就会白费，他的才华也将大半被淹没。
eg. Mexican cookery is economical, she says. Nothing goes to waste.
“墨西哥的烹调注重俭省，”她说，“任何东西都不会浪费。”