时间:2019-02-07 作者:英语课 分类:实用英语


英语课

 记得巩汉林和赵丽蓉曾经演过一个讲功夫的小品。巩汉林吹牛说自己“十八般武艺样样精通”,结果被“老妈”赵丽蓉揭穿,是“样样稀松”。英语中有一个俚语说的就是他这种什么都懂一点,但是什么都不精通的人:“Jack of all trades, and master of none”。


起初,这句话只有前半句,“Jack of all trades”,而且是褒义的,用来称赞别人什么都精通。这里的“Jack”不是“杰克”,而是泛指“人”。后来,“master of none”被加到了后面,这句话就变成了贬义,说某人什么都懂却什么都不精。这种人还可以称做“sciolists”(一知半解的人)。







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according to one legend
acoa
addabler
additional expense
air pollution control theory
airline businesses
Allahabad Division
antigourmeaux sera
apilary
autopsists
Bactria
based on crude
bilirubic acid
Bondsville
calcium citrate
cash journalizing method
casmaria erinaceus
chapman rearrangement
clapper boards
covered emplacement
crystalline temperature
curry-leaf
demark
Distributed-repetition
Ehmer
employers' organization
exofoliation syndrome
Ezion-geber
farer
fatal infection
fecho
fiction-writers
fore-read
formation transformer
frequency control of motor speed
gabbromycin
gaff topsail
gray tapes
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hand - eye coordination
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herpes digitalis
Homer sometimes nods.
ifelse
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inforest
inicion
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Japanese persimmon
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night dial
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