《破产姐妹》口语养成之“不以貌取人”

1.bring up

【原句】Hopefully a tight ten and then he'll bring up the headliner.(S04E12)

【翻译】希望扯个10分钟后，他能扯到主题吧。

【场景】之前抄袭T恤的店主女高中生给Max和Caroline她们发了终止售卖T恤的信函，为了摆平此事，两人来到店主的学校食堂，经交涉准备离开时，Han站到食堂里的话筒前准备讲话，Max她们在门口刚好停留看到。

【讲解】

bring up培养,提出,(旧事)重提,呕吐,使停止。

and then而且;其次;于是;然后。补充and then some而且还远不止此;至少;"it cost me a week's salary and then some"。

【例句】

These are matters that you can bring up in committee.

这些问题你可在委员会中提出。

They chatted for a while and then went to work.

他们聊了一会儿，然后上班去了。

2.judge by

【原句】Well, don't judge a book by its cover.(S04E13)

【翻译】不要以貌取人。

【场景】Caroline要求给常客多加点面包，看平常有钱人是不会来这里经常吃的，但老板Han叫厨房不要加料，让Caroline不要凭表面看人。

【讲解】

judge a book by its cover以貌取人。一本书的好坏取决于它的内容，而不是它的封面，延伸为以貌取人。

judge v.断定;判断;审判。judge by (from) sth根据（由）…作出判断。

【例句】

I still believe that sentence, though not judge a book by its cover, but one's inner world in his face.

我还是相信那句话，虽说不以貌取人，但是，一个人内心世界全写在了他的脸上。

You'd better not judge him by his appearance.

你最好不要根据他的外表对他作出判断。

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