迷你对话学地道口语第569期:远逊于

Subject:I think no one can hold a candle to him.

迷你对话

A: Our monitor is very conscientious.

我们的班长非常有责任心。

B: I cannot agree with anymore. I think no one can hold a candle to him.

我太同意你说的了，我认为谁也比不上他。

地道表达

can not hold a candle to sb.

1. 解词释义

电灯发明之前的一段时间里，人们只能靠蜡烛照明。工匠在晚上做工时，会叫学徒给他拿着蜡烛；有钱的人晚上从酒馆回来，戏院回来时，也有人为他们拿着蜡烛引路。仆人和主人的身份本来就很悬殊了，如果连做人家的仆人，给人家那蜡烛都不配的话，那么双方在能力和地位上就相差得更远了。所以人们就用cannot hold a candle 或者是not fit to hold a candle to来表示“远逊于，简直不能和......相比”的意思。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. Oh, your bad luck can't hold a candle to mine.

噢，你的坏运气跟我比是小巫见大巫啦。

e.g. Pete cannot hold a candle to Donald when it comes to real expertise.

如果就真正的专长而言，皮得比不上唐纳德。

e.g. He hadn't had a bad education himself, but he couldn't hold a candle to her.

他自己受过的教育并不差，可是跟她一比就简直没门了。

e.g. After all, he was still Xiangzi and no one could hold a candle to him when he went all out.

祥子到底是祥子，祥子拚命跑，还是没有别人的份儿。

Ps：cannot agree with sb anymore用来表示非常，彻底地赞同某人的看法，观点，意见等等，翻译为中文就是“再同意不过了。”