打臺球用英語怎么說(關于動物的趣味俚語表達)

關于生物的興趣俚語表達

生物是人類的伙伴，和人類協同生存在地球上，以是在人類言語中有很多詞語與生物有關。一同來看看底下這些關于生物的興趣俚語表達。

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1 Monkey business – silly, mischievous or deceitful behaviour; stupid or time-wasting activity

廝鬧，惡興趣——愚笨、惡興趣或詐騙舉動；愚笨或糜費時間的活動

Our accountant has been fired as there was some monkey business with the books.

我們的管帳被開除了，由于他做了一些與賬本有關的蠢事。

Are you still fiddling about with those old tools? Stop the monkey business and get some new ones.

你還在擺弄那些舊東西嗎？別再廝鬧了，買些新的吧。

2 Rat race – an exhausting and repetitive routine, a hectic struggle for success

猖獗競爭——一種令人筋疲力盡、反復性的平常活動，一場為告捷而舉行的劇烈的爭斗。

I’m so tired of the rat race. I’d love to retire and move to the country.

我厭倦了這場劇烈的競爭。我想退休后搬到鄉下去。

She started to work from home as she couldn’t stand the rat race at the office.

她開頭在家事情，由于她無法忍受辦公室里的劇烈競爭。

3 Cat burglar – a stealthy burglar who climbs into buildings, usually through upper windows, skylights, etc.

飛賊——一種潛入修建物的竊賊，通常經過上部窗戶、天窗等進入修建物。

Grandfather’s old telescope has disappeared from the loft. It must have been a cat burglar that took it.

祖父的舊望遠鏡從閣樓上散失了。一定是一個飛賊拿走了它。

The inspector was surprised by the exploits of a cat burglar who only stole from upper floors and attics.

探長對一個只從樓上和閣樓偷東西的飛賊的舉動感受驚奇。

4 Top dog – the most important person in a group, somebody with the dominant position or highest authority

頭號人物——一個群體中最緊張的人，具有主導位置或最高威望的人。

I don’t want to be the top dog at our company. I just do my job as well as I can.

我不想成為我們公司的佼佼者，我只是盡我所能做好我的事情。

Peter is the top dog at English in our class.

彼得是我們班英語最好的學生。

5 Cash cow – a dependable source of income; a product or service that makes money

搖錢樹——可靠的收入泉源；贏利的產物或辦事

Our company’s cash cow is the sales department, which makes enough income to finance the developers.

我們公司的搖錢樹是販賣部，它的收入足以為開發商提供資金。

The publisher saw the new bestseller as a cash cow.

出書商把這本新熱銷書看作是搖錢樹。

6 Eager beaver – an enthusiastic hard worker; someone very excited to start a task

干活特別仔細的人——一個熱心的辛勞事情的人；一個十分興奮地開頭一項職責的人。

The new secretary is an eager beaver. Although she comes to work at seven every day, she’s the last to leave in the evening.

新秘書是個勤勞的人。固然她天天七點往復公司，但她是夜晚最初一個分開的人。

Don’t be an eager beaver, we have plenty of time to do this job.

不要那么仔細，我們有充足的時間來做這項事情。

7 Road hog – a dangerous or inconsiderate driver, someone who drives carelessly and selfishly

路霸——一個傷害或不體恤的司機，一個大意大意、無私駕駛的人

Sorry that we’re so slow, but there is no way to overtake that road hog in front of us.

對不起，我們太慢了，但是我們沒法追上前方的誰人路霸。

A road hog nearly ran me over at the crossing as he failed to stop at the sign.

在十字路口，一個闖紅燈的家伙差點把我撞倒，他并沒有看信號燈泊車。

8 Black sheep – an undesirable member of a group, a disliked person, somebody who causes shame or embarrassment due to deviation

害群之馬——一個不受接待的群體成員，一個不受接待的人，一個因偏差而招致侮辱或為難的人。

Don’t be surprised that he doesn’t want to take over father’s business, he’s always been the black sheep of the family.

別驚奇他不想接受父親的買賣，他不休是家里的敗家子。

They called me the black sheep as I didn’t want to go to the pub and play billiards with them.

他們叫我“害群之馬”，由于我不想去酒吧和他們打臺球。

（泉源：滬江英語 編纂：yaning）

泉源：滬江英語