时间:2019-03-14 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


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 美国习惯用语第849:毫不掩饰个人情况(音频)


an open book
这个周末我认识了我们的新邻居。当时我只是想去拜访她一下,顺便介绍一下自己,可是她非常热情,非要留我在她家吃饭。结果一顿饭下来,我对她的一切都了如指掌了。用英语来形容,她对我来说就是: an open book.
这个习惯用语中的形容词open是打开的意思,book是书。An open book是打开的书。用open book来形容一个人意思是这个人像一本打开的书一样,毫不掩饰他的个人情况。
美国有一位著名的黑人女诗人叫Maya Angelou。下面这位读者说,Maya Angelou能取得今天的成就,是因为她独特的生活经历:
例句-1:Maya Angelou has written about her many challenges since growing up in the 1930s. From being discriminated 1 against by Southern white society to being raped 2 as a child, she's experienced pain that many people might have kept secret. But Ms. Angelou's life has been an open book. Her courage and her insights are inspiring.
Maya Angelou在她的作品中描述了她在1930年代成长的过程中遭遇的许多挑战。从南方白人的歧视到小时候被强暴,很多人可能会把这种痛苦的经历埋藏在心底,不愿意让别人知道。但是Maya Angelou把自己的经历毫无保留地讲述给大家。她的勇气和见识鼓舞了很多人。
没错。她可以让这些痛苦的经历变成永久的秘密,但是她宁愿通过自己的作品向别人讲述她的经历。我觉得她很了不起。
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前几天我去看车,那个卖车的人别提多讨厌了,油腔滑调不说,而且手段不高明,让我一眼就让人看穿了他的伎俩,而且我知道这种人我不能和他打交道。
这样的人绝对不能到下面我们要讲的这个公司去申请工作。为什么呢? 我们听听这家公司的老板怎么说:
例句-2: My construction company reflects my values as a builder. I believe in doing honest work at a fair price. I invite clients to ask any questions they'd like and look carefully at projects I've worked on. I think of my business as an open book. I have absolutely nothing to hide.
我的建筑公司代表着我作为一个建筑商的价值观。我相信做生意要诚实,价格要公道。我欢迎我的客户提出任何问题,也欢迎他们审查我们以往的工程。我认为我的公司是一本打开的书。我没有任何东西需要隐瞒。
An open book,是打开的书,您觉得它的反义词会是什么呢? 不难猜, 就是: a closed book, 对。一本合上的书不知道它的内容当然很神秘了。 一个公司不想让别人知道他们的情况,我们可以说这个公司是一个closed book。形容一个人很神秘,也可以说这个人是closed book。

分别,辨别,区分( discriminate的过去式和过去分词 ); 歧视,有差别地对待
  • His great size discriminated him from his followers. 他的宽广身材使他不同于他的部下。
  • Should be a person that has second liver virus discriminated against? 一个患有乙肝病毒的人是不是就应该被人歧视?
v.以暴力夺取,强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 );强奸
  • A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
  • We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致,不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句
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