《小谢尔顿》S2E8:“跟着感觉走”英语怎么说?
新的一集,小乔治解锁新的专业技能。
1. an acquired taste
acquire的意思是取得,获得;购得;学到,an acquired taste表示后天养成的嗜好;假以时日并多次尝试而喜欢上的东西。形容某人的话,可能表示某人不是第一眼就会喜欢的类型吧。
Olives are an acquired taste.
橄榄这种东西吃得多就爱吃了。
2. melt away
melt away有这两个意思:①逐渐消失;逐渐散去
As the police sirens were heard, the crowd started to melt away.
警笛一响,人群就开始散开了。
②(强烈的情绪)变弱,消失
Her anger melted away when she read the letter.
读到信时,她的怒火慢慢消失了。
谢尔顿的爸爸听说对方在减肥,夸张的来了一句“you are melting away“,当然不是说人渐渐消失了,只是幽默地说对方会变瘦啦!
3. sixth sense
sixth sense就是第六感,直觉。
A sixth sense told me that the train was going to crash.
直觉告诉我这列火车要撞车。
直觉的不同表达:
① instinct
Her first instinct was to run.
她的第一反应是逃跑。
have an instinct for
凭直觉
② gut
gut feeling/reaction
直觉,内心感觉
go with one's gut
听从直觉
③ hunch
act on/follow a hunch
按直觉行事
② intuition
have an intuition that
凭直觉感到