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天氣變熱了,身邊不少人換上了美美的夏裝,很是驚艷。今天我們就來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)一個(gè)夸贊別人打扮得漂亮的美國(guó)習(xí)慣用語(yǔ):dressed to kill。2 N2 [) I6 o/ {% G# m
6 J* n& V* g; A! w0 D' I 這個(gè)習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)的意思當(dāng)然不是穿上蒙面的緊身衣去干殺人的勾當(dāng);它是指“打扮得漂亮入時(shí)、奪人眼球”。/ x- G7 u p; l
9 E D0 R5 G0 X# o. K4 \ 人們說(shuō)某人dressed to kill時(shí),通常是指這人精心打扮以吸引異性的注意。例:
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+ F& m7 E2 L7 {/ Y+ q Pete usually wears jeans and a T-shirt. But last night it was hard to recognize him -- he was dressed to kill because he finally got a date with that blond he's admired for so long。
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+ k" _: V0 g7 }# D+ M6 N 皮特平時(shí)老穿牛仔褲和T恤,但是昨晚我簡(jiǎn)直沒(méi)認(rèn)出他來(lái)。他打扮得帥極了,因?yàn)樗麅A心已久的那位金發(fā)美女終于同意跟他出去約會(huì)了。9 L6 h) V' n$ R+ x
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我們?cè)倏匆粋€(gè)用到dressed to kill的例子,這個(gè)例子說(shuō)的是個(gè)女孩,說(shuō)話人的妹妹瑪麗為參加畢業(yè)舞會(huì)而精心打扮:6 l2 P" }$ p& V9 l6 {1 x
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It took Mary two hours to get ready, but it was worth it -- she was dressed to killand the center of attention. Everyone was saying she was the most beautiful woman at the prom。1 |; w4 F* ?' b s, T
" y0 ~) `' k7 L0 ~9 d/ s# ~0 q 瑪麗為參加畢業(yè)舞會(huì)花了兩個(gè)鐘頭打扮。不過(guò)倒也挺值的,她穿戴得美麗動(dòng)人,成為了舞會(huì)的焦點(diǎn)。大家都說(shuō)她是畢業(yè)舞會(huì)上最漂亮的女孩。 |
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