时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:实用英语


英语课

   王牌:Trump 1 card


  奥巴马当选之后,马不停蹄地为新政府物色人选,而他原来的竞争对手希拉里也成为下任美国国务卿的“大热”人选。有消息人士透露,在“面试”完希拉里与比尔·理查森两名国务卿热门人选后,奥巴马也倾向于让希拉里担当重任。
  请看外电的报道:
  Hilary Clinton has some of the key attributes of a good secretary of state — stature 2 and toughness — but that she‘s untested as a negotiator, and her status as an erstwhile Obama rival might undermine an envoy’s traditional trump card.
  希拉里·克林顿具备一位优秀国务卿的某些关键特质---才干和韧性,但是她是否能成功进行协商谈判还不得而知,而且她作为奥巴马前竞争对手的特殊身份也可能会使该职位历来的重王牌地位受到动摇。
  在上面的报道中,trump card就是指“王牌,绝招”。Trump card原意是“牌局中最大的王牌”。王牌在手,即胜券在握。王牌往往会留到最后关头才打出,所以一般人们用这个短语来形容决定性的可以扭转局势的手法。如:The coach saved his star player for a trump card.(教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌)。
  我们常用play one’s trump card来表示“使出绝招”。如:Finally she played her trump card and threatened to resign.(最后她使出了绝招,扬言要辞职)。
  而have all the trumps 3 in one‘s hand (hold some trumps) 则表示“胸有成竹,有必胜把握”,但如果你put someone to his trumps那可就要“把某人逼入绝境,迫使他使出最后的招数”了。

1 trump
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
2 stature
n.(高度)水平,(高度)境界,身高,身材
  • He is five feet five inches in stature.他身高5英尺5英寸。
  • The dress models are tall of stature.时装模特儿的身材都较高。
3 trumps
abbr.trumpets 喇叭;小号;喇叭形状的东西;喇叭筒v.(牌戏)出王牌赢(一牌或一墩)( trump的过去式 );吹号公告,吹号庆祝;吹喇叭;捏造
  • On the day of the match the team turned up trumps. 比赛那天该队出乎意料地获得胜利。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Every time John is late getting home he trumps up some new excuse. 每次约翰晚回家都会编造个新借口。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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