点滴英语天天学第214期:雅思词汇(53)

1.表述：help a lame dog over a stile

释义：To help or assist someone in need in some fundamental or basic way. （帮人度过难关）

例句：He has so much Money that it would be no effort at all for him to help a lame dog over a stile, but the man is adamant that not a penny of his fortune be used toward charity of any kind.

他有那么多的钱，对他来说，帮助他人度过难关是一点不费劲的，但是这个人坚持不把他的一分钱用于任何慈善事业。

He always helps a lame dog over a stile, that was his boast.

他总是对有困难的人帮一把，这是他引以为豪的事。

2. 表述：dog it

释义：To be lazy; to loaf or shirk duty; to fail to put forth the effort necessary to achieve or accomplish something. （懒惰，敷衍了事，吊儿郎当）

例句：Jim became totally disheartened after losing his job and has been dogging it around the house for the past month.

吉姆丢了工作后变得完全灰心丧气，过去一个月一直在家的周围无所事事。

I hate my job, so I just dog it in the office until it's time to go home.

我讨厌我的工作，所以我就在办公室里敷衍了事地干到该回家的时候。

I once had dreams of going to med school, but I dogged it during my last two years in college and can't get in anywhere now.

我曾经有上医学院的梦想，但是在大学的最后两年我吊儿郎当的，现在我哪儿也进不去。

3. 表述：dog-tired

释义：Exhausted.（精疲力尽的）

例句：I'm always dog-tired after a day at the amusement park.

在游乐园玩了一天之后，我总是筋疲力尽。

Mom was dog-tired and needed a nap before dinner.

妈妈累极了，晚饭前需要小睡一会儿。

I' m dog-tired. The baby woke up three times in the night.

我累坏了，孩子夜里醒了三次。

He was perfectly dog-tired and they were careful not to rouse him.

他完全疲惫不堪了，他们也就想尽办法不要把他吵醒。