专八汉译英难词集锦 -11.doc

第三篇脾气和性格
第二节
attendance
小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
smite with the tongue
千万别得罪她,她经常血口喷人。
Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
人都是这山望着那山高,对自己的状况没有满意的时候。
Almost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.
into one’s blood
说来也怪,很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
be quick to take offense
beef
他坐在那里什么事也不干,总是发牢骚,真烦死人。
I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beef