sitter

【原句】My dog sitter just quit. (S05E15)

【翻译】我家狗的保姆刚辞职了。

【场景】Max的男友Randy与Max分开半小时左右后又见面,告诉Max他今晚要在别处办公,不能跟Max小聚。说完后,隔会儿一条短信被告知照顾狗狗的保姆辞职了,当Randy说没人照顾狗狗时,Max立马回应能帮他照顾狗。

【讲解】

sitter 这里指代人,= a babysitter保姆(同 babysitter)。sitter还可以意为someone who is having their portrait painted 摆姿势让人画像的模特,被画像者。

quit 停止;离开;辞职;放弃。如quit wasting my time别浪费我的时间。

【例句】

I dropped the kids off at the babysitter's.

我把孩子们送到保姆家。

The artist paints the face and body of the sitter, but in fact he shows his own feelings.

画家绘出被画人的面孔和身躯,但实际上融汇了画家自己的情感。

d it to me

【原句】Can you forward it to me? (S05E15)

【翻译】能转发给我吗?

【场景】在Earl跟Max通电话时,Han跑过来说自己意外收到了一张图,而他现在希望谈论下这事能把他从这噩梦中解脱,Oleg正好站在Earl旁边顺道要Han给他转发下看看是什么图。

【讲解】

forward这里作为verb [ T ],= to send a letter, etc., especially from someone's old address to their new address, or to send a letter, email, etc. that you have received to someone else 转寄(信件);转发(电子邮件)。

与forward相关用作副词或形容词的有:look forward to期望,盼望;go forward向前;forward planning/thinking为未来作的计划/思考。

【例句】

I'll forward any mail to your new address.

我会把信件都转寄至你的新地址。

I'll forward his email to you if you're interested.

如果你感兴趣,我可以把他的电子邮件转发给你。

声明:本文系沪江英语原创内容,转载请注明出处。本文翻译仅代表作者个人观点,仅供参考。如有不妥之处,欢迎指正。