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英语口语练习小对话第680期:开夜车

2014-08-26来源:和谐英语

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Subject：He pulled an all-nighter last night.

迷你对话

A: Wake him up! We are at meeting.

叫醒他，我们在开会。

B: Sorry, boss. He pulled an all-nighter for the work.

对不起，老总。他昨晚为工作的事情熬夜了。

地道表达

pull an all-nighter

1. 解释

表示“熬夜”，可以用stay up或者是burn the oil night。那么除此之外，我们还可以用pull an all-nighter来表达。

2. 例句

e.g. I can't believe I got an A on this assignment because I pulled an all-nighter to write it.

我不敢相信我这份作业得了优等的成绩，因为我是熬夜写成的。

e.g. He could pull an all-nighter nights and sleep the whole day through.

他能几夜不睡，又能整天睡觉。

e.g. I'll pull an all-nighter to draft this story.

我准备通宵把这篇报道赶出来。

e.g. Owing to still very weak, she can not pull an all-nighter for long time.

由于还很虚弱，她不能长时间熬夜。