分類: 英語成語 – 其他篇

盤問/質問某人；對某人逼供、刑訊。

例句：

• My wife gave me the third degree when I got home last night. (昨晚我回家時，我太太對我盤問再三)
• Cindy has promised she won’t give me the third degree about the matter any longer. (辛蒂已保證，她不會再質問我那件事了)

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不管怎樣；不管是好是壞；不論好壞；無論發生什麼。

例句：

• For better or worse, I’ve promised to marry her. (不管怎樣，我已答應娶她)
• We now have a new government, for better or for worse. (不管是好是壞，我們現在有了新政府)

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讓自己陷入困境。

例句：

• Don’t volunteer to do more work in the office or you’ll paint yourself into a corner. (在辦公室別自願做較多的工作，否則你會讓自己陷入困境)
• They’ve painted themselves into a corner by promising to announce the results of their investigation. (他們因答應公布調查結果而讓自己陷入困境)

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決定某人的命運 (尤指厄運)。

例句：

• His father’s death sealed his fate, making it impossible for him to go to college. (他父親的過世決定了他的命運，使他無法上大學)
• The CEO was about to make a speech that would seal the company’s fate forever. (執行長即將發表決定這家公司今後命運的談話)

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偏愛 (某人或某物)。

例句：

• I’ve always had a soft spot for my old English teacher. (我一直很喜歡我以前的英文老師)
• I’ve got a real soft spot for Judy. (我真的很喜歡茱蒂)
• Karen has a soft spot for stray dogs. (凱倫偏愛流浪犬)

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盡自己的本分；做好分內的工作。

例句：

• The rest of the team complained that Basil wasn’t pulling his weight. (隊裡的其他人都抱怨巴茲爾未盡到自己的本分)
• Jessica wasn’t pulling her own weight, so she had to go. (潔西卡沒有做好分內工作，所以必須離開)

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正常的，意料之中的；意料之中的事。

註：par for the course 中的 course 是指 golf course (高爾夫球場) 而非 school course (學校課程)。

例句：

• I worked for days on this proposal, but it was rejected. That’s par for the course in our company. (我花了好幾天的時間來擬定這項計畫，但它卻被打了回票。這種情況在我們公司是正常的，不足為奇)
• The school budget is going to be cut again this year, but that’s par for the course. (學校預算今年將再度被砍，但那是意料之中的事)

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真品；真貨；貨真價實的東西。

例句：

• Those other paintings are copies, but this one is the real McCoy. (其他那些畫作都是仿製品，但這幅是真品)
• You only paid $50 for a Birkin bag? Well it’s definitely not the real McCoy. (妳只花了 50 美元就買了一款愛瑪仕的柏金包？那肯定不是真貨)

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仗著自己的運氣；運氣好還要再好；冒險以期再走運；得寸進尺；貪心不足。

例句：

• You didn’t get caught last time, but don’t push your luck! (上次沒逮到你，但可別再碰運氣了/但下次可沒那麼走運了！)
• We’ve given you a lot of time off recently, but don’t push your luck. (最近我們已讓你休了不少假，但別得寸進尺)
• They’ve agreed to pay your travel expenses; I don’t think it would be wise to ask for more money. Don’t push your luck! (他們已同意支付你的差旅費；我認為，再要求更多的錢並非明智之舉。別貪心不足！)

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放任不管；對…聽其自然；任由…惡化。

例句：

• If you let your son’s bad behavior slide, it is almost certain that he’ll become a bad guy in the future. (如果你放任不管你兒子不良的行為，他將來幾乎肯定會變成壞蛋)
• If Mary hadn’t let English learning slide, she would have more job opportunities today. (如果瑪麗沒有在英文學習上鬆懈怠慢，她現在一定會有比較多的工作機會)

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