点滴英语天天学第252期:雅思词汇(92)

1. 词汇：cup of tea

释义：Something one prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about.（喜欢，渴望，享受或在意关心的东西）

例句：I invited you because I thought long-distance cycling was your cup of tea.

我邀请你是因为我认为长距离骑自行车是你的嗜好。

When I found out that reading wasn't his cup of tea, I knew that there wasn't much of a relationship in store between us.

我当发现他不喜欢阅读时，我知道在我们之间没有太多潜藏着的关系。

In a nutshell, it was not my cup of tea.

简单地说，它不合我的胃口。

Driving children around all afternoon is not my cup of tea.

我不喜欢真个下午开车载着孩子兜风。

Opera is not my cup of tea.

我不喜欢戏剧。

2. 词汇：cut the cheese

释义：To fart. （放屁）

例句：I can't believe you cut the cheese in the car. Now we have to smell it all the way home!

我不敢相信你竟然会在车里放屁，现在我们回家的路上都要闻到它的味道！

People who cut the chease in the car have to get out and walk!

在车里放屁的人必须出去走走。

He cut the cheese so everyone left the room.

他放了一个屁，所有人都离开了房间。

3. 词汇：cut the mustard

释义：To work or operate in a satisfactory manner.
（以令人满意的方式工作，以令人满意的方式操作，达到标准，达到对方要求，出色地完成任务）

例句：I need a new worker from the temp agency—the one you sent over keeps mixing up orders and just isn't cutting the mustard.

我需要一名临时工——就是你派来的那个人，他老是把订单弄混，不能胜任这工作。

The boss fired him because he couldn’t cut the mustard.

因为他工作不得力，老板辞退了他。

The sales agent convinced me to buy my cell phone. But I haven't been impressed with its service. It drops calls and takes forever to recharge. What I really need is a phone that's much more dependable. This one just does not cut the mustard.

卖手机的推销员说服我买了这部手机，但是手机质量让我很不满意。电话打到一半经常断线不说，充电还需要很长时间。我需要一部随时可以靠得住的手机，这部手机不符合我的要求。

After my niece had trouble finding work, I managed to get her a position as an administrative assistant at my office. What a mistake! Not only was she slow, but she was rather lazy. After two weeks, I had to let her go because she could not cut the mustard.

因为我侄女找不到工作，所以我就在自己的办公室给她安排了一个行政助理的职务。这简直是天大的错误。她不仅做事慢慢腾腾，而且懒得要命。两个星期过后，我只好请她走人，因为她无法达到我们的要求。