英语口语练习小对话 第775期:奇丑无比

Subject: You could stop a clock.

迷你对话

A: Oh, my God! You could stop a clock.

天啊，你看起来脸色好差。你看起来很不舒服。

B: I have been sick for two weeks.

我已经病了2个星期了。

地道表达

stop a clock

1. 解释

Stop a clock在美语中是用来形容一个人样子“其丑无比” “非常难看”。在上文中，stop a clock牵涉到的主题是“人的健康”问题，形容一个人病了，精神萎靡，面容憔悴等等难看样子。

2. 例句

e.g. The old lady has a face that could stop a clock, but she is the most helpful person I have ever met.

这个老妇女奇丑无比，但她却是我见过的最乐于助人的人。

e.g. A woman when she storms always makes herself stop a clock.

一个女人大发雷霆的时候，总使自己显得很丑陋。

e.g. Even though she is rich, I don’t want to get married with her. She stops a clock.

虽然她有钱，但是我还是不愿意和她结婚，因为她奇丑不堪。

e.g. Don’t say like that. As it is, she is a beauty. She could stop a clock just because she has been in hospital for months.

别那样说她，其实她是绝代美女。她因病住院几个月了，脸色看上去难看而已。