地道英语口语500句 迷你对话学地道口语第68期:基础不牢固

迷你对话学地道口语第68期:基础不牢固  

迷你对话：,A :They got a divorce at last.,他们最终还是离婚了。,B:It's inenvitable. Their love wasbuilt on the sand, and this is why their marriage has landed on the rocks.,这是不可避免的，他们的爱情缺乏坚实的基础，这就是他们是婚姻频临破裂的原因所在。,A:You said it. Love buit on the sand will soon be on the rocks.,你说得对，缺乏坚实基础的爱情很快就会出现裂缝。,B:That give us a good lesson.,这给予我们一个很好的教训。,地道表达：,built on the sand,小编讲解：,这个习语的字面意思就是“建立在沙土上”，我们知道沙土是很软的，不能支撑人或重的物体，因此引申为“不切实际”或“基础不牢”。,支持范例：,Eg.I'm not surprised to learn that this pany is in debt-he has very little experience of business, and the whole anization was built on sand.,听到他公司亏空负债，我一点也不感到意外—他对商业不内行，整个体制的基础都不牢固。,词海拾贝：,a divorce：离婚,that I've got my divorce I feel as free as a bird.,由于我已经离婚，我觉得自由自在了。,never told me you got a divorce because of a dead tree.,你从未提过你离婚是因为那棵死树。,couple got a divorce because they could not get along.,那对夫妇离婚了，因为他们相处不好。,got a divorce from him last year.,她去年和他离了婚。,last:最后,was pleased that at last he was extricated.,他很高兴他终于获得了解脱。,r a long dispute, he at last made a concession to me.,经过长时间的争论，他终于对我让步。,wish to visit China has at last e true.,他要访华的愿望终于实现了。,last his plan came off.,他的计划最终还是成功了。,the rocks,释义1：(婚姻)濒于破裂的,r marriage has been on the rocks for a couple of months.,他们的婚姻触礁好几个月了，已经濒于破裂。,释义2：身无分文的，手头拮据的,ncially, you are on the rocks then?,那么你的经济状况是不是很拮据呢？,the time I've paid all the bills I owe I shall be on the rocks.,等我付完了所有的欠帐,我就身无分文了。,释义3：遭难的，遭殃的；破产的,she have a hunch that my business is going on the rocks?,她是不是预感到我的生意要垮台？,pany is on the rocks now and quite some employees are thinking of moving to other firms.,公司现在不看好，许多职员都在想着跳槽。,释义4：（饮料）加冰的,liked Beam on the rocks.,她喜欢喝加小冰块的比姆酒。,sb a good lesson：给予某人一个很好的教训,Eg. If you have it in for the girl, I'll give you a good lesson.,如果你对这位姑娘使坏的话，我就会好好教训你。,said it. 你说得对。