英语口语练习小对话 第555期:极其骄傲
2014-04-15来源:和谐英语
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Subject:He is as proud as a peacock.
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A: Wendy got good grades again. She is clever but she is as proud as a peacock!
Wendy又拿到了高分。他很聪明,但是很骄傲。
B: Well, never mind.
哎,别介意。
1. 解释
Proud as a peacock是“极其骄傲”的意思。其英文解释为:overly proud; vain。使用的时候,通常和as连用,即为:as proud as a peacock.
英汉民族的审美角度是不同的,我们注重peacock(孔雀)开屏时的美丽,认识它是美丽吉祥的象征,而公鸡是“骄傲”的化身,因为它总是把头昂得高高的,尾巴翘上了天,一副盛气凌人的样子。而西方人不注重孔雀美丽的一面,相反认为她很骄傲。所以英美人在形容一个人骄傲,狂妄或爱慕虚荣的时候,就把他比作peacock。
2. 例句
e.g. Mike's been strutting around proud as a peacock since he won that award.
麦克获得荣誉后,一直都是趾高气扬地逗游,极其骄傲。
e.g. I sometimes think Elizabeth must spend all day admiring herself in a mirror. She's as proud as a peacock.
有时候,我认为伊丽莎白整天都在镜子面前炫耀自己,极其骄傲。