Colloquial expressions: 口语常用表达
There’s no one-size-fits-all word for it: 英语里没有以一概全的一个单词
You need to use different words in different collocations and situations: 在不同的搭配和场景里需要用不同的词
We will help you nail it down: 今天我们帮你搞定
To nail it down/to nail something down: 搞定一件事、掌握一门技术或知识
现在就来看看口语中最常用的“搞”英语如何正确表达!
1. 搞什么?
除了“你在干什么?”,这句话还常带有怀疑。在英语里当然可以用最广泛的:
What are you doing?
或者
What are you up to?
可以用语气变化来表达怀疑,更直接的怀疑则可以用:
What are you messing with?或者What are you messing with over there?
2. 搞事业
It’s about focus,dedication, priority and ambition: 这里要传达的是专注、投入、优先级和野心
英语怎么说“搞事业”?几种不同方法,大家学起来!
Focus on one’s career/or to be focused on one’s career: 专心搞事业
例句:
I want to focus on my career this year: 今年我要好好搞事业
Your twenties is about exploring and enjoying life. Your thirties should be focusing on your career: 二十岁的阶段应该探索、享受生活。三十岁的阶段则要好好搞事业
To work on/to work hard on one’s career: 努力搞事业
例句:
I’ve been working hard on my career for the past few years: 我过去几年一直努力搞事业
It’s satisfying to reap the rewards after working so hard on her career: 她一直努力搞事业,现在能享受成果着实让人满足
To put effort into one’s career: 搞事业、在事业上下功夫
例句:
I need to put more effort into my career before it’s too late: 我得在事业上多下功夫,不然就太晚了
Be committed to/be dedicated to one’s career: 在事业上投入、专注,专心搞事业
例句:
I love my job, which makes it easier to be committed to it: 我很爱我的工作,所以专心搞事业不是一桩苦差事
3. 搞钱
这里可以沿用搞事业的核心表达:to focus on。
To focus on making money
不过英语里有一系列与赚钱相关的特定表达,用在这里更地道:
To hustle: 拼命赚钱。不一定是赚大钱,重点是拼命。它还是一个名词,比如副业,是side hustle
To make bread: “做面包”,就是赚钱养家糊口
To stack paper: stack的意思是把东西叠起来。这里 stack的不是一般的纸,而是钞票。所以这个短语的意思就是赚大钱
To make some real money: make money大家应该很熟悉。Make real money强调是真的赚了很多钱
To make some serious money: 同上
To make a killing: 跟凶杀没关系,killing指的是狠赚一笔
4. 搞笑
中文”搞笑“既是形容词,也是动词, 看看相对应的英语表达:
1)形容词:
Funny
Hilarious
Ridiculous
2) 动词:
To do, say or make funny things/stuff: 搞笑。注意不是” to make fun of”, 因为它的意思是“取笑”
To make people laugh: 搞笑、引人发笑
例句:
He always says funny things which make people laugh without even trying to: 他特别会搞笑,无意为之,却很搞笑
另外还有两个词,更多用于媒体上幽默、无厘头的搞笑内容, 比如搞笑模仿:
To spoof something
To parody something
例句:
His short videos which spoof famous people went viral: 他做的名人模仿搞笑短视频火了
5. 搞怪
核心动词就是简单的make or do。
但是形容词很有意思,除了strange, 更有声有色的词还有:
Weird
Wild
Crazy
Unexpected
例句:
Lady Gaga broke out for doing and wearing crazy and unexpected things: Gaga最早出名跟会搞怪离不开关系
看了那么多动词的“搞”,现在来看两个常用的形容词:
6. 难搞
最好的形容词是:
Tricky
Sticky
Complicated
例句:
The situation is pretty tricky: 情况有点难搞
He is intentionally being difficult: 他有意很难搞(难相处)
7. 好搞
这里教大家几个特别地道的俚语表达:
A piece of cake
A walk in the park
Easy-peasy
例句:
The problem was solved quickly. Easy-peasy! 问题很快就解决了,小菜一碟
搞清楚、搞明白!
节目最后,希望大家搞清楚、搞明白了如何表达“搞”:
To get a handle on something或
To get a grip on something: 搞清楚、搞明白了某种知识、技能或概念
例句:
We hope today’s show help you get a handle on this tricky word: 希望今天的节目帮助大家搞清楚了这个有点“搞”的词
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