点滴英语天天学第228期:雅思词汇(67)
1. 表述法：wear and tear
释义：The damage that happens to something as a result of it being used in a normal way. （某物因正常使用而造成的顺怀，磨损）
例句：It has some wear and tear, but after 100,000 miles I'd say my car is in pretty good shape.
虽然有些磨损，但开了10万英里之后，我的车状况还是不错的。
I drive carefully and have my car serviced regularly to avoid wear and tear.
我小心驾驶，经常保养我的车，以避免磨损。
These products can stand wear and tear.
这些产品能经久耐用。
The furniture suffers a lot of wear and tear when the children are at home.
孩子们在家时家具磨损很厉害。
2. 表述法：wheel and deal
释义 1：To take part in clever (but sometimes dishonest or immoral) business deals.
（参与精明的但有时不诚实或不道德的商业交易；商业上投机取巧诡诈）
例句：Jack got tired of all the wheeling and dealing of big business and retired to run a pub in the country.
杰克厌倦了大企业里的投机钻营，退休后在乡下开了一家酒吧。
He still wheels and deals around the globe.
他仍然在世界各地招摇撞骗。
释义2：Tuse a lot of different methods and contacts to achieve what they want in business or politics, often in a way which you consider dishonest.（在政治上）玩弄手段
例句：Nothing gets done on Capitol Hill without a lot of wheeling and dealing. It's just how politics is.
在美国国会上不玩弄手段，什么事情也做不了，这就是政治。
He hates the wheeling and dealing associated with conventional political life.
他对传统政治生活中的权术钻营深恶痛绝。
