英国人最喜欢用的20个正宗俚语
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1.Mate 经常用于亲密关系。和好朋友说话的时候可以用，类似于美国人用的“buddy，pal，dude”。例如：'Alright, mate' 2. Bugger All 相当于“nothing at all”，只不过这个说法更通俗一点。例如：'I've had bugger all to do all day.' 3. Knackered 用来形容一个很累，很疲惫，就是筋疲力尽的意思。例如：'I am absolutely knackered after working all day.' 4. Gutted 这个是英国俚语中最悲伤的表达方式之一，表示很悲痛。例如：‘His girlfriend broke up with him. He's absolutely gutted.' 5. Gobsmacked 难以置信，表示震惊。例如：'I was gobsmacked when she told me she was pregnant with triplets.（三胞胎）' 6. Cock Up 犯错，而且这个错误比较严重。例如：'The papers sent out to the students were all in the wrong language–it's a real cock up.' 也可以这么用：'I cocked up the orders for table number four.' 7. Blinding 很棒，极好的。例如：'That tackle（截球）from the Spanish player was blinding.' 8. Lost The Plot 这个表达方式可以表示很愤怒，如果是过去式的话，那就表示一个人很荒谬可笑。例如：'When my girlfriend saw the mess I'd made, she lost the plot.' 9. Cheers 这个在英国不同的郡有不同的意思。在有些地方就是朋友一起聚会喝酒时干杯，但有些地方则表示感谢，就是 ‘thank you'的意思了。例如：‘Cheers for getting me that drink, Steve'. 10. Ace 表示很精彩、优秀，也可以说考试大获全胜。例如：'Jenny is ace at the lab experiments'；也可以这样说：‘I think I aced that exam'. 11. Damp squib 字面上的意思就是“哑炮”，也就表示什么事失算落空了。例如：'The party was a bit of a damp squib because only Richard turned up.' 12. All to pot 这个表达方式年代久远，但至今仍然有人在用。表示情况失控。例如：'The birthday party went all to pot when the clown turned up drunk and everyone was sick from that cheap barbecue stuff.' 13. The bee's knees用来表示你很钦佩的人或事。例如：'She thinks Barry's the bee's knees.' 14. Chunder这个是英国俚语里最不可或缺的表达，不仅表示喝醉呕吐，生病呕吐也可以用。例如：'I ate a bad pizza last night after too many drinks and chundered in the street.' 15. Take the piss 现在许多英国人很喜欢吐槽，这个俚语就是嘲笑，吐槽的意思啦。例如：'The guys on TV last night were taking the piss out of the government again.' 16. Car park这个英国随处可见，就是美国喜欢用的parking，停车场的意思。例如：'I left my car in the car park this morning.' 17. Fortnight这个用法很多英国人都会用，表示两周十四天。例如：'I'm going away for a fortnight to Egypt for my summer holiday.' 18. Tosh表示垃圾或废话。例如：'That's a load of tosh about what happened last night'还可以说：'Don't talk tosh.' 19. Nice one表示讽刺意味，但是语境不同的话，也可以表示真诚的意思。例如：'You messed up the Rutherford order? Nice one, really.' 20. Brass monkeys表示天气很冷。字面意思就是冷得把铜猴都冻成球了。例如：'You need to wear a coat today, it's brass monkeys outside.' |
