守时是一项美好的品德。但在日常生活中,我们有可能因为各种原因而迟到。那么,迟到几分钟用英语怎么说呢?
01
● ten minutes late ●
迟到十分钟
For + 一段时间,表示的是状态的持续。而我们所要表达的迟到,是瞬间的情况,而非迟到动作的持续。
因此,迟到十分钟应该用“ten minutes late”来表达哦。
● 例句 ●
I was shut out for being ten minutes late.
我就迟到了十分钟,便被关在了门外。
It doesn't matter if I'm ten minutes late.
我迟到十分钟没关系。
02
● all thumbs ●
笨手笨脚,笨拙
All是所有、一切的意思。All thumbs从字面上看是:全是大拇指。如果一个人的手上全是大拇指,是不是会很难受、很不方便呢。所以,all thumbs说的就是那些手脚很笨的人。
● 例句 ●
Why are you always all thumbs?
你怎么总是笨手笨脚的?
What a bummer! I'm all thumbs today anyway.
真糟糕!不管怎样,我今天整天都是笨手笨脚的。
03
● crash the gate ●
擅自入场
Gate是大门的意思,但是,crash the gate并不是用力撞大门,而是用在这样的场景下:一个人想看电影或者看体育比赛,但没有票,想偷偷混进电影院或体育馆。这就是crash the gate(擅自入场)。
● 例句 ●
When I was a kid, I'd crashed the gate at baseball games.
小时候我经常不买票偷偷地混进体育馆去看棒球比赛。
They couldn't get any tickets for the volleyball game, so they tried to crash the gate.
他们没有弄到一张排球赛的票,因此试图闯入场内。
04
● crash course ●
速成课
Crash course的英文释义为:a crash course in a particular subject is a short course in which you are taught basic facts or skills, for example, before you start a new job。
也就是速成班的意思。
● 例句 ●
I did a 15-week crash course in typing.
我上了一个为期15周的打字速成班。
When that young man was elected to congress, he went to Washington a month early to get a crash course from a retiring congressman on the important issues he'd have to vote on.
那个年轻人当选为国会议员后,他提早一个月就去华盛顿。他想利用这点时间向一位即将退休的议员请教,让他对那些以后要投票表决的重要问题有所了解。
05
● knock off ●
停工;中断
Knock off 的意思是 stop doing something(停止做某事)。
● 例句 ●
What time do you knock off work?
你什么时候下班?
Let's knock off for lunch.
咱们收工吃午饭吧。
学会了就在留言区扣个“1”哦~