每日一句和谚语完整版

每日一句：What's good about making such a plan?

What's good about making such a plan?

制定这样一个计划有什么好处？

讲解:

一个句型，what's good(bad) about sth.，做某件事的好处（坏处）是什么。例句：What's bad about smoking in public? 在公共场所吸烟有什么害处？

每日一句：His nose is out of joint for not being invited.

His nose is out of joint for not being invited. 他没受到邀请，鼻子都气歪了。

讲解:

名词joint最原始的来源，就是指两样或多样东西的连结处。片语out of joint如果用来描述人，意思是脱节，脱臼。“鼻子脱臼”是个夸张的说法，等同于中文里“鼻子都气歪了”之类的说法，很生动，很形象。

每日一句：We're wined and dined all week.

We're wined and dined all week.

我们被好吃好喝款待了整周。

讲解:

单词wine作及物动词使用，意思是“请……喝酒；用葡萄酒招待”（To provide or entertain with wine）；而dine则是“以饭招待”（To give dinner to; entertain at dinner）。“wine and dine sb.”是一个固定搭配，和这两个单词的原始含义一样，指的是“热烈款待某人”。

每日一句：I don't want to go there in the first place. I don't want to go there in the first place.

我原来不想去的。我本来不想去的。

讲解:

有读者问“我原来是不想去的”这个“原来”在英文中要怎么说。大家可以看到在这个句子中，in the first place就是英文中“原来”的意思。这算是相当固定的用法。

每日一句：Don't talk back to your parents.

Don't talk back to your parents.

别跟你父母顶嘴。

讲解:

动词词组talk back字面的意思是“说回去”，相当于中文里的“回嘴，顶嘴”之类的意思。用在句子里，你可以说Don't talk back to your parents.（别跟你父母顶嘴），或是简洁地说Don't talk back.（不许顶嘴）。每日一句：Severe snowstorms wreaked havoc on traffic.(02.11)

Severe snowstorms wreaked havoc on traffic. 严重的暴风雪使交通瘫痪。

讲解:

《纽约时报》描述中国雪灾的一句话。动词wreak，本意是“发泄（怒火）”（To express or gratify (anger, malevolence, or resentment); vent），这里使用的是引申的意思“带来，引起（灾难）”（To bring about; cause）。

每日一句：It's not what you know but who you know.(02.10)

It's not what you know but who you know.

有本事不如认对人。

讲解:

一个用来描述社会现象的句子。这是一个省略了成分的句子，如果按照原语义补充成完整的句子，可以是，it's not decided by what you know, but decided by who you know. （起决定作用的不是你懂得什么，而是你认识谁。）

每日一句：Do you go through your shoes?(02.09)

Do you go through your shoes?

你穿鞋费吗?

讲解:

Go through 的用法很多，像教授常常会说，“Let's go through the chapter real quick.”意思就是，让我们很快把这章浏览一遍.。go through your shoes，在这里意思是换鞋子换的很快。

每日一句：Don't get me started on it.(02.08)

Don't get me started on it.

别让我打开话匣子。

讲解:

整个句子意思是，他对于某一件事或是一个主题有很多的意见，要是让他开了话头，可能就要听他连说个七天七夜，没完没了。这句话也可以用来表达你对一件事情牢骚满腹的心情：“Don't get me started on it. ”（别让我开头啊）。

每日一句：They sweetened the pot by promising a big bonus.(02.07)

They sweetened the pot by promising a big bonus.

他们增加了筹码奖金丰厚。

讲解: 厨师料理菜肴，在炒锅中加入糖，会起到提鲜的作用，使味道更好：Sweeten the pot即来源于此，相当于“改善了条件，增加了赌注”之类的意思。

每日一句：Many provinces have been affected by the snow.(02.06)

Many provinces have been affected by the snow.

许多省份都遭受雪灾。

讲解:

动词affect，影响，对……起作用，遭受。例句：This book effected a change in my opinion.这本书使我的看法起了变化。（比较：effect 指“实现”、“达成”，着重“造成”一种特殊的效果）

每日一句：It is the heaviest in as many as five decades.(02.05)

It is the heaviest in as many as five decades.

这是五十年来最严重的一次。

讲解:

两个地方需要注意。第一，“五十年”，这里用的词是decade（十年）；第二，“在五十年中”，不要丢了介词in。

每日一句：The snowstorm took its tolls on human lives.(02.04)

The snowstorm took its tolls on human lives. 暴风雪造成人员伤亡。

讲解:

Toll 就是指“收费”的意思，像是高速公路上的收费站就是叫“Toll Station”。Take its toll是一个片语，在电视新闻上常听到，字面上是说对某样东西收费，其实指的就是造