英语口语：意想不到 出乎意料

英语口语：意想不到出乎意料

A： The trouble is not that. It is that he may suddenly remember something I promised him a couple of weeks ago, out

of a clear blue sky. Then he complains that I have gone back

on my words.

麻烦不在这儿，而在于他突然出人意料地想起两三周前我对他的承诺。然后就抱怨我言而无信。

B： Does he do that with his Dad? I mean, does he complain things to his father?

对他爸爸也这样吗？我是说他向他爸爸抱怨吗？

A： He never does, and in fact, he seldom communicates with him.

从不，事实上是他几乎不和他交谈。

B：But didn’t you say that his Dad takes him under his wings？

但是你不是说他的爸爸总是宠着他吗？

A： Yes, I did. He only takes side with him. He seldom asks what Dick is doing.

对，我是这样说的。不过他仅仅偏袒迪克，而很少过问他在干什么。

地道表达：

out of a clear blue sky

解词释义：

此语的字面意思是“从晴朗的蓝色天空中突然出现”，比喻为“在毫无预兆，事先没有打招呼的情况下突然发生”。其英文解释如下：if something happens out of the blue, it happens suddenly and you are not expecting it，它作为副词性短语。

支持范例：

Then one day, completely out of a clear blue sky , I had a letter from her.

后来有一天我突然接到她的一封来信。

The invasion came out of a clear blue sky and caught everyone off guard.

入侵突然袭来，弄得每个人措手不及。

拓展讲解：

此语也能够用作out of the blue。

支持范例：

The news was a great shock to me; it came absolutely out of the blue.

这个消息，对我是一个很大的打击，简直太突如其来了。

Jim was walking along the street, when a car came out of the blue and hit him.

吉姆在街上行走，冷不防一辆车闯出来，把他撞倒在地。

She arrived out of the blue.

她没有事先告知就来了。

The news of her marriage came out of the blue.

她结婚的消息来得很突然。