英语口语练习小对话 第554期:鲁莽冲动
2014-04-14来源:和谐英语
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Subject:Don’t get off the deep end.
迷你对话
A: I got the bad grades last term. I should go and ask my teacher for a reason.
上学期我的分数很低,你得去让老师给我个理由。
B: Don’t go off the deep end. You should work harder next term.
不要鲁莽冲动,下学期你应该更加努力学习。
1. 解释
Go off the deep end的意思是“不要鲁莽冲动”。其英文解释为: to act irrationally, following one's emotions or fantasies。
此语源于游泳。游泳池一段水深,一端水浅。如果一个人不知道水的深浅,从深水的一头跳入池子里,那他就跳进了没底的深水中。如果这个人又不识水性,就糟糕了。这样做事相当鲁莽冲动的。
2. 例句
e.g. Now, John, I know you really want to go to Australia, but don't go off the deep end. It isn't all perfect there.
John,现在我知道你真的很想去澳大利亚,但是不要鲁莽冲动,那里不是一切都如意的。
e.g. A friend of mine was about to go off the deep end when he felt he needed to talk to me.
我有个朋友在他脾气快要爆发时,觉得需要找我谈谈。