点滴英语天天学第248期:雅思词汇(88)

1. 词汇：as strong as a horse

释义：Very physically fit; having great physical strength and endurance. （身体健康，有很大的体力和耐力，身体健壮）

例句：Our father was always as strong as a horse, so it took us all by surprise when he was hospitalized by a heart attack at the age of 48.

我们的父亲总是很强壮，所以当他在48岁的时候心脏病发作住院的时候，我们都很吃惊。

She got into weight lifting a couple years ago and is strong as a horse now!

几年前她开始练习举重，现在她身体健壮。

Jill: My car broke down; it's sitting out on the street.

我的车抛锚了，它就在外面的街上。

Jane: Get Linda to help you push it; she's as strong as a horse.

让琳达帮你推;她像马一样健壮。

2. 词汇：as strong as a lion

释义：Very physically fit; having great physical strength and endurance. （身体健康，有很大的体力和耐力，身体健壮）

例句：Now he was a man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner, who was as strong as a lion.

现在，他是三十多岁的人了，嘴边略带狠相，举止高傲，身体健壮。

He is willing player who is as strong as a lion and in a key match he can be expected to run himself into the ground.

他身体健壮而又卖力，在关键性的比赛中，可以指望他竭尽全力，奋战到底。

Those men are as strong as a lion and relaxed in his sexual mores.

那些人身体健壮，男女关系自由随便。

3. 词汇：back the wrong horse

释义：To support someone or something that cannot win or succeed. （选错人，压错宝，支持不会获得成功的人或事）

例句：You really backed the wrong horse when you picked that swimmer to win the race—he didn't even medal!

你选那个游泳运动员赢得比赛，真是选错人了——他连奖牌都没得!

I don't want to back the wrong horse, but it seems to me that Jed is the better candidate.

我不想选错人，但在我看来杰德是更好的人选。

Over his long career, Coach Carpenter recruited hundreds of football players for our university, who helped their team win their division trophy year after year. It's a mystery how he made his decisions. Yet the fact remains that he rarely backed the wrong horse.

在卡朋特教练多年的执教生涯中，他为我们学校招录了数百个橄榄球队员，帮自己所在的球队连年夺取地区赛冠军。卡朋特教练到底是怎么选队员的？谁也说不清。但事实是，他几乎从不会挑错人。

Politicians who backed the wrong horse in the election are now trying to curry favor with the winning candidate—without much success.

在选举中支持错了人的政客们现在正试图讨好获胜的候选人，但没有取得多大成功。