jet lag
不适应时差
讲解:
jet是指「喷射机」,lag则是「落后」的意思。历经长途飞行后进入不同时区,时间感却还停在原出发地的时间,一时无法调整过来,这种不适应的情况就称为jet lag。
例句:
During a 10-day visit to the U.S. in 1989,Yeltsin marred an otherwise impressive performance with a gauche display of his erratic nature: his speech was badly slurred at a breakfastmeeting in Baltimore, the combined result of Jack Daniels and jet lag.(出自:TIME, Mar. 4,1991,p. 54 )
一九八九年为期十天的访美之旅中,叶尔钦原本表现出色,只可惜一个拙劣的表现显示出他不稳定的本性:在巴尔的摩一次早餐会中,他说话非常口齿不清,原因是丹尼尔牌威士忌喝多了,又有不适应时差。