英语口语练习小对话 第702期:孤注一掷

Subject：Don’t put your eggs in one basket.

迷你对话

A: I am so concerned about this argument, but you are just concerned about another one. Why?

我非常担心这次谈判，但你只是担心另一个谈判。为什么呢？

B: Take it easy, partner. What if we don’t get this project? So don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

放轻松点吧，朋友。我们要是得不到这个项目呢？所以不要把希望放在一件事情上。

地道表达

put all your eggs in one basket

1. 解释

Put all your eggs in one’s basket的意思是“孤注一掷”“集中财力干一件事”“把一切希望寄于一件事上”“把全部财力投入一件事情”。如果把所有的鸡蛋都放在一个篮子里，一旦篮子落地，所以的鸡蛋就破了，这个道理浅显易懂。所以Don’t put all your eggs in one’s basket.是告诫人们不要孤注一掷。如果把一切希望，金钱和信心都托付于一项事业，计划或一次投机的话，这往往带有很大的冒险性。我们应该随机应变，因为灵活多变是我们通向胜利的前提。

2. 例句

e.g. To buy stock in a single company is to put all your eggs in one basket.

只买一家公司的股票是孤注一掷。

e.g. It's never wise to put all your eggs in one basket.

孤注一掷，绝不是一件聪明的事。

e.g. Going steady in high school with only one member of opposite sex is a mistake. Go out with several people -- don't put all your eggs in one basket.

在中学里只交一个男朋友，或一个女朋友，那是错误的。应该多交朋友，而不要把自己局限在一个人身上。

e.g. If you want to play the stock market, it's smarter to divide your money and buy three or four different stocks instead of putting the whole amount into just one stock and putting all your eggs in one basket.

要是你想玩股票，你最好是把你的钱分开来买三、四种不同的股票，这是比较聪敏的作法。你千万不要把所有的钱都买一种股票。

Ps ：be concerned about的意思“关心......，关注......”。例如：

The whole society should be concerned about the health and sound growth of children.

全社会都应关心孩子的健康成长。

Everybody is concerned about the future of his country.

每个人都关心自己国家的前途。

She was more concerned about protecting the public than rehabilitating the criminal.

她比较关心保护百姓，而不大关心改造罪犯。

There is no one but is (=who is not) concerned about his future.

没有人不关心自己的未来。