茶话会第280期:蜡烛两头烧

关键词：burn the candle at both ends 过分耗费；不顾身体过度劳累
短语释义：今天我们要学的短语是burn the candle at both ends.来看插图：两只燃烧着的蜡烛在对话，这支名为Bob的蜡烛头和尾同时烧，那可想而知这支蜡烛很快就会耗尽。所以他的同伴说：Bob, you gotta slow down.(Bob，你得慢一点儿）. This burning at both ends is gonna kill you!(你这样两头烧会烧死你的。)蜡烛叫做candle，burn the candle at both ends就是指蜡烛两头烧，在口语中引申为过份地消耗精力或是财产，更多情况下指某人夜以继日地从事高强度工作以至累得筋疲力竭。最近跟朋友们聊天，大家都说工作太忙了、压力太大了。每天除了吃饭睡觉，时间都献给了工作。有的人甚至整天没精打采，情绪一直很低落。所以想对大家说一句：别太劳累了。别太劳累我们就可以说成 "burn the candle at both ends"。

情景领悟：
1. He looks very ill; he must have burnt the candle at both ends.
他看上去病得很厉害， 一定是劳累过度了。
2. No wonder Mary is ill. She has been burning the candle at both ends for along time.
难怪玛丽病了,她长时间劳累过度。
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