地道英语口语500句 迷你对话学地道口语第346期:激励 鼓励

迷你对话学地道口语第346期:激励 鼓励  

特别声明,该文章中的迷你对话选自口语书籍，对话精讲为可可编辑编写，版权归可可网站所有。,第一、迷你对话,A: Good news!,好消息。,B: What is it?,什么消息？,A: The state of economy is starting to go up in our country.,我们国家的经济状况开始好转。,B: That’s just the short in the arm we need.,那正是我们需要鼓舞人心的事情呀。,第二、对话精讲,1.地道表达,【地道短语】the shot in the arm,【解词释义】此习语源于20世纪20年代吸毒者所用的俚语。Shot原意为“注射”，最初该语是指“麻醉剂下的注射”。现在该语常用语口语，比喻指“兴奋剂，刺激物，激励”，常与“get, have, give”等词连用。有时候可以翻译为中文中的“强行鍼”。,【支持范例】The money was a great shot in the arm for the pany.,对该公司来说，这笔钱真可谓是雪中送炭。,The big sale was a shot in the arm to the failing pany.,那笔大生意给那间摇摇欲坠的公司打气。,Your encouraging words were a real shot in the arm.,你对我的鼓励真是一针兴奋剂。,For journalists and radio mentators the raid had been a mighty shot in the arm.,对新闻记都和电台的时事评论员来说，这次出击倒是一大兴奋剂。,第三、词海拾贝,go up,【双语释义】If a Price, amount, or level goes up, it bees higher or greater than it was. 译为：（价格、数量或水平）上涨，上升,【语法信息】~to/from/by,【典型例句】The cost has gone up to $1.95 a minute.,该项费用已上涨到每分钟1.95美元。,Prices have gone up 61 percent since deregulation.,价格自解除管制以来已经上涨了61%。,Inflation may be rising, if (it is) so, prices will go up.,通货膨胀率可能上升。如果是这样，物价就会上涨。,If there is a shortage of any product prices of that product go up.,如果任何一种产品短缺，那种产品的价格就上涨。