英语口语练习小对话 第686期:成功
2014-08-28来源:和谐英语
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Subject:It panned out.
迷你对话
A: I heard that your company has adopted a kind of new technology and applied it into a new project. Is that true?
我听说你们公司采用了一种新技术并且运动到了新项目中。这是真的吗?
B: True. And it panned out. We have earned a lot.
是真的。结果成功了,我们大挣了一笔。
地道表达
pan out
1. 解释
Pan是盆的意思。Pan out是淘金用语。十九世纪的加州是人们实现黄金梦的宝地,淘金的人蜂拥而至。他们用陶金盆pan把沙子洗掉叫做pan out the sand,泥沙随水流去之后,如果运气好的话,盘上就会留下金灿灿的颗粒,那就是淘金成功了。由此,而产生了习语pan out,用来表示“成功,好结果”。
2. 例句
e.g. Nobody knew how the things would pan out.
没人知道事情结果将会怎样。
e.g. We hope things will pan out as we expect.
我们希望事情的结果正如所料。
e.g. My plan to study at Harvard didn't pan out.
我进哈佛大学就读的计划没成功。