点滴英语天天学第180期:雅思词汇(19)

1.表述：cake walk

释义： Something very easy. （容易做的事情）

例句：——How is your test?——Oh, man, that was a cake walk.

——你的考试如何？——噢，我的天！那考试太容易了。

I've been running marathons for years now, so this 5K run will be a cake walk for me.

我跑马拉松已经有好几年了，所以这次5公里跑对我来说是小菜一碟。

Persuading him to give us the day off won't be a cake walk.

要说通他放我们假可不是容易事。

Don't think this job is a cake walk. You'll have to rack your brains once you start on it.

别以为这工作是易如反掌的事，一旦你干了就知道它是很伤脑筋的。

2. 表述：have one foot in the grave

释义：To be on the verge of death.（在死亡的边缘）

例句：When I had the flu last week, I felt like I had one foot in the grave.

上个星期我得了流行性感冒，我觉得好像是一只脚已经进了坟墓。

The way the nurses are talking, it sounds like Great-Uncle Edmund already has one foot in the grave—you better come to the hospital quick.

从护士们说话的口气看，埃德蒙大爷好像已经快入土了——你最好赶快到医院来。

3. 表述：(as) easy as ABC

释义：Extremely easy, simple. （非常简单）

例句：Don't worry, after some lessons and a bit of practice, driving is easy as ABC!

别担心，经过一些课程和一点练习，开车很容易！

Don' t run away with the idea that this job is going to be as easy as ABC.

别以为这工作是轻而易举的。

It was as easy as ABC for John to push the lad aside.

约翰轻而易举地就把小孩推到一旁。