seat在不同语境里的意思
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。) |