迷你对话学地道口语第598期:对......心存希望

Subject：You don’t have a prayer of beating your opponents.

迷你对话

A: My opponent has the experience of studying abroad. So English is a piece of cake for him.

我的对手有留学的经验。英语对于他是小菜一碟。

B: Well, you don’t have a prayer of beating your opponents.

你对击败对方的希望落空了。

地道表达

have a prayer

1. 解词释义

此语中的prayer是指“祷告，祈愿”。当遇到困难的时候，人们可能会以祷告的方式获得帮助。Have a prayer的意思是“对......心存希望”“祈求某事成真”。那么not have a prayer的意思则为“希望落空”“没有希望”。

2. 拓展例句

Eric does not have a prayer of passing the math exam today.

Eric想这是数学考试及格的希望落空了。

John did not have a prayer of making love with Jane.

John想和Jane做爱的希望落空了。

I did not have a prayer of getting promoted this time.

这次升职的希望落空了。

Ps：study abroad的意思是“留学”， a piece of cake是俚语，意思是“很简单”“小菜一碟”。