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1. I am very fortunate to get the ringside seat to the event.

我很幸运能够近距离观摩这个活动。

(ringside seat:拳击比赛中靠近拳击台的观察席位,此处比喻为近距离观察。)

2. The consumer is in the driving seat due to the huge range of goods on the market.

由于市场上商品大量堆积,现在是消费者在掌控大局。

(driving seat:驾驶座,这里 表示“掌控大局”。)

3. You must rent this video. It keeps you on the edge of your seat right up to the end.

你一定得租这部电影看看,它会让你从头到尾都聚精会神。

(keep someone on the edge of the seat:让某人保持浓厚兴趣)

4. Aunt Mary drives us all crazy with her instructions; she's an incurable backseat driver.

玛丽姑妈指来点去的,简直要把我们逼疯了。她瞎乱指挥的毛病真的无可救药了。

(backseat driver:后排座位上的司机,坐在后面喜欢告诉开车的人如何开车,意思就是指手划脚,乱提意见。)

5. She does not have to take a back seat to any singer of her time.

同任何一位同时代的歌唱家相比,她都毫不逊色。

(take a back seat:坐在后排座位,喻指甘居人后,允许他人领先。)

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