【沪江小编】YouTube上有意思的视频看过就算了吗?其实,YouTube是英语学习的海量素材库,是练英语听力、学习英语专业术语还是学习日常口语的不二选择。这次我们就来看看视频中的俚语,一起跟着语境来学习俚语的具体用法吧!

1. mean business :非常非常认真、执着

But you mean business, huh? I do. I’m… It’s all about succeeding.
但你是非常非常执着的,对吧?没错。我…这一切都是为了要成功。

Did you mean business about what we talked yesterday?
我们昨天谈的事你是当真的吗?

来源视频:Ted又来袭:泰迪熊做客Jimmy Kimmel脱口秀

2.  be/get creamed:惨败、一败涂地

I’m going with the guys who are getting creamed.
我要跟那些输得一败涂地的家伙们在一起。

3. comes to town:出现

They don’t stand a chance against the circus when the circus comes to town. They’re overmatched.
当马戏团(只拼收视率的节目)出现,他们连对抗的机会都没有。他们被比下去了。

4. stand a chance:有可能、有希望

They don’t stand a chance against the circus when the circus comes to town. They’re overmatched.
当马戏团(只拼收视率的节目)出现,他们连对抗的机会都没有。他们被比下去了。

5. mess around with:恶搞、逗弄

Started off joking with the guy… Yeah, I was messing around with him.
从开这个人的玩笑开始…对,我只是逗着他玩。

6. at stake:要紧、危险

But then he realizes there’s more at stake here.
但接着他意识到这里还有其他更要紧的事。

The other main argument against pulling back from Afghanistan is that western credibility is at stake.
反对从阿富汗撤军的另一个主要理由是,西方的信誉现在危如累卵。

7. fall on deaf ears:忽略、充耳不闻

With his pleas falling on deaf ears, we tell Kevin to leave.
人们对他的请求充耳不闻,于是我们告诉凯文先离开。

8. cold shoulder:冷眼旁观、冷漠、轻视、漠视

Tough day for Kevin. These next 2 men also gave him the cold shoulder.
对凯文來说是倒霉的一天。接下来这两名男子同样地也给他吃了闭门羹。

9. toss back:丢回、扔回、赶回

Only to see him tossed back to the curb the second she leaves.
只见他在她离开的那一瞬间就被赶回街头。

10. end up:结局、结果、最后变成

How did he end up here? He wasted his money.
结果会怎样?他浪费他的钱。

来源视频:看到流浪汉被服务员赶出餐厅 你会怎么做?

11. up in arms:非常愤怒、不开心

In practice, it’s impossible to put a cat into a superposition. You have the animal-rights lobby up in arms.
实际上,不可能让一只猫咪处于叠加状态。动物权利组织会非常不开心。

12. kick in:发挥功效、起作用

That’s when Einstein’s special theory of relativity kicks in.
那就是爱因斯坦特殊相对论发挥功效的时候了。

13. zoom off:匆忙地离开、飞快离开

So, he hops into a spaceship and zooms off at close to the speed of light.
所以,他跳上太空船并用接近光的速度飞快离开。

来源视频:60秒思维大冒险:思想史与科学史上的著名悖论

14. pull up:停车

But what about when a coach containing an infinite number of new guests pulls up?
但当一辆载满无限多的新客人的巴士停下來的话又将如何?

15. come along:不期而至

He asked what happens if someone new “comes along” looking for a place to stay?
他问,如果一位新客人不期而至,想要一间房,会发生什么事?

16. one and the same:同一件事物、合而为一

It’s amazing how it just… it imbedded itself in… as if it was one and the same.
真的很棒,它如何就是…它将自己嵌入…好像它是合而为一的。

来源视频:卡梅隆盛赞李安《少年派的奇幻漂流》

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