英语口语练习小对话 第779期:振作起来

Subject: You should pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

第一．迷你对话

A: You should pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

你要凭你自己的力量振作起来。

B: Yes, I know very well. But it is usually very difficult to do it.

是的，我非常清楚，但是通常很难呀。

第二．核心短语

put oneself up by one’s bootstraps

1. 解释

Pull oneself up by one’s bootstraps的字面意思是“提着鞋带把自己提起来”，比喻为“重新振作”的意思。用于描绘不依靠他人，凭借自己的力量和努力重新振作起来改变不好的处境。

2. 例句

e.g. Mace was attempting to pull himself up by his bootstraps. There was savage hatred in his eyes.

梅斯试图重新振作起来，眼里射出凶残、仇恨的光。

e.g. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps, lad, and be a man for yourself.

振作起来，伙计，为了你自己，勇敢一点。

e.g. You must try to pull yourself up by your bootstraps for your family depend on you.

你应该振作起来--你的家庭都指着你呢。

e.g. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps and face up to life.

振作起来面对生活。