英文趣表达 追到车子的狗
爱爱思英语编者按:今天要说一个很有趣的英文表达:追到车子的狗,最近大家都很喜欢用“狗”作文章是不是?“单身狗”这样的词我们已经再熟悉不过了,今天就来好好聊聊“追到车子的狗”这个表达。 【新词】 dog that caught the car 追到车子的狗 n. A person who has reached their goal but doesn't know what to do next. 追到车子的狗其实指的是达到了自己的目标,却不知道下一步怎么做的那些人。 【例子】 1.They won the election. However, they are like the dog that caught the car. 2.We are concerned what Lisa will do next. She is like the dog that caught the car after the final examination. 【扩展学习】 其实表示茫然,一无所知的意思,还有很多表达方式,如: in the dark We were kept completely in the dark about his plan to sell the company. at a loss The question was so unexpected that, for a moment, arthur was at a loss how to reply to it. absently He read the letter absently. vague His thought was too vague to be described. absent-minded The absent-minded boy is always losing his books. all at sea I am all at sea in the adolescent stage of my life. |