標籤: 動詞

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ditch

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(動詞) 蹺課。

  • OMG, Nora, are you ditching from school again?! (天啊，諾拉，妳又蹺課了?!)

(動詞) 拋棄；丟棄。

  • He ditched all his old magazines. (他把舊雜誌全部丟掉了)
  • My friends ditched me at the library. (我朋友把我丟在圖書館)

(動詞) 拋棄，甩掉。

  • Rachel ditched John for a younger man. (瑞秋甩掉約翰，找了個比較年輕的男人)
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網路爆紅

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英文：Internet sensation (n.); go viral (v.)

說明：這兩個片語通常用來指影片、圖片、音樂或笑話在網路上被許多網友點閱或觀看。

例句：

  • A video of four youngsters dancing on a rainy street corner has become Internet sensation.
    = A video of four youngsters dancing on a rainy street corner has gone viral. (一支顯示四個青少年雨中街頭跳舞的影片在網路上爆紅)
  • After the video became Internet sensation, visitors to our blog doubled overnight.
    = After the video went viral, visitors to our blog doubled overnight. (那段影片在網路上爆紅之後，我們部落格的點閱人數一夜間暴增一倍)
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扮白臉/黑臉

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英文：play good cop/bad cop (v.)

說明：一人或一些人扮白臉叫做 play good cop，而另一人或另一些人扮黑臉叫做 play bad cop。兩人或一群人有人扮白臉，有人扮黑臉，即未指明誰是白臉，誰是黑臉，則用 play good cop, bad cop 來表示。

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  • Mr. Smith often plays bad cop and Mrs. Smith plays good cop in educating and disciplining their children. (在管教孩子方面，史密斯先生經常扮黑臉，而史密斯太太扮白臉)
  • GOP leaders play good cop, bad cop on raising taxes. (美國共和黨領袖在增稅問題上，有人扮白臉，有人扮黑臉)
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自欺欺人；鴕鳥心態

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英文：bury one’s head in the sand (v.)

說明：動詞 bury 可用 hide 來代替。

例句：

  • Stop burying your head in the sand. Look at the statistics on smoking and cancer. (別再自欺欺人了。看看這些有關抽菸與癌症的統計數字吧)
  • Parents said bullying was being ignored, and accused the headmaster of burying his head in the sand. (家長表示，霸凌問題遭到漠視，並譴責校長採取鴕鳥心態)
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吃軟飯

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英文：sponge off women (v.)

說明：sponge off (somebody) 意為「依賴 (某人) 生活」。當你依靠女人生活 sponge off women 時，那就是「吃軟飯」。

例句：

  • Let’s go to Taipei, we can always sponge off my brother there. (我們去台北吧，我們在那裡可以一直依靠我哥哥生活)
  • Bill sponges off women and never has to work. (比爾吃軟飯，從來不用工作)
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爆冷門

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英文：upset (n.)

說明：upset 這個字可當形容詞、動詞和名詞用。當形容詞時意為「難過的；煩惱的；生氣的」，當動詞時意為「使難過；使煩惱；使生氣」，這兩者的重音都在第二音節。當名詞時意為「意外擊敗」，即爆冷門，重音在第一音節。至於比賽或競賽之前被看好的一方，英文叫做 the favorite，而不被看好的一方則叫做 the underdog。

例句：

  • It was one of the biggest upsets of the basketball tournament. (那是這項籃球錦標賽爆出的最大冷門之一)
  • It was a major upset when the underdog won the election by defeating the favorite candidates. (不被看好的候選人大爆冷門，擊敗被看好的候選人贏得選舉)
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puke

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(名詞) 嘔吐，嘔吐物。

  • There’s puke on the floor! (地板上有嘔吐物!)

(名詞) (侮辱用語) 令人作嘔的人。

  • You puke! (你這個令人作嘔的傢伙!)

(動詞) 嘔吐，作嘔。

  • The kid puked on the floor! (那小孩吐在地板上!)
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vamoose

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(動詞) 離開 (leave)；消失 (disappear)。

  • You’d better vamoose before my girlfriend catches us. (在我女友撞見我們之前，妳最好離開)
  • I’ve gotta vamoose or I’ll be late. (我要走了，不然我會遲到)