標籤: 名詞

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內神通外鬼

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英文：an inside job (n.)

說明：an inside job 亦有「監守自盜」之意。

例句：

  • The bank robbery was an inside job. (這起銀行搶案是內神通外鬼)
  • There is a growing number of Americans who believe 9/11 was an inside job. (越來越多的美國人認為，911 恐怖攻擊事件是內神通外鬼)
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美容覺

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英文：beauty sleep (n.)

說明：beauty sleep 就是可讓一個人保持健康、心情愉悅，看起來容光煥發、神采奕奕的足夠睡眠，通常位在動詞 get 或 need 之後。

例句：

  • I’m too tired, so I want to go home right now to get a beauty sleep. (我太累了，所以我想要馬上回家睡個美容覺)
  • You are always beautiful! Cindy, you don’t need a beauty sleep. (妳一向美麗動人。辛蒂，妳不需要美容覺)
  • My wife is usually in bed long before midnight － she needs her beauty sleep. (我太太通常早在半夜之前就已就寢了 － 她需要足夠的睡眠)
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brush-off

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(名詞) 不理睬。通常以 get the brush-off, give someone the brush-off 的型態出現。

  • Don’t talk to Tom. He’ll just give you the brush-off. (別跟湯姆講話。他一定會對你不理不睬)
  • I went up to Mary and asked for a date, but I got the brush-off. (我走到瑪麗前面，要求她跟我約會，但她對我不理不睬)
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潛規則

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英文：unspoken rule (n.)

說明：unwritten rule (不成文的規定)。

例句：

  • A lot of people suspected that there were some unspoken rules in the beauty contest. (許多人懷疑該選美比賽有一些潛規則)
  • The competition was not fair because it was following some unspoken rules. (這項競賽不公平，因為它遵循一些潛規則)
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zero dark thirty

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(名詞) 凌晨。原為軍隊指 00:30 (午夜過後半小時) 的時間，現在則用來指從午夜到天亮前的任何時間，表示某活動開始得非常早。

  • We had to get up at zero dark thirty to get the job done this morning. (我們今天得在凌晨起床才能把工作完成)
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人氣

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英文：popularity (n.)

說明：這個字就是 popular (受歡迎的；流行的) 的名詞。昔日人氣強強滾，如今人氣不再，是謂過氣。過氣的人，尤其是過氣的名人，英文叫做 has-been。

例句：

  • The singer’s popularity is rising rapidly. (這位歌手的人氣快速竄升)
  • The film star used to be famous and popular, but now she’s just a has-been. (這位電影明星過去名氣響亮、人氣紅不讓，但現已過氣)