“Beat around the bush”翻译成“绕着圈击打丛林”就尴尬了！

beat around the bush

短语“beat around the bush”直译为“绕着圈击打丛林”，它所表达的实际意思是“拐弯抹角”，英文释义为“to delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant”，它常常被用在否定句中。

[例句]

1.This is not a time to beat around the bush. You need to let your boss know what the problem is.

现在不是拐弯抹角的时候。你需要让你的老板知道问题出在哪里。

2.She is always beating around the bush when she is talking to us , which often makes us baffled.

她讲话总是拐弯抹角，常常让我们一头雾水。

3.I had trouble telling Pedro he'd lost his job. I started beating around the bush and talking about one door closing and another door opening.

我不知道怎么告诉佩德罗丢了工作,于是我开始拐弯抹角说一扇门关闭了另一扇门就会打开。

4.Stop beating about the bush. Just tell me what has happened.

别兜圈子了，快告诉我们发生什么事了。

beat the rap

短语“beat the rap”意为“全身而退”，这个短语来源于美国的诉讼领域，指“逃脱刑罚”，这里的“rap”是“刑罚”。

[例句]

1.What we should do is to figure out a solution of beating the rap. 当务之急是想一个全身而退的方法。

2.He was charged with arson, but his lawyer helped him beat the rap.

他被控纵火，但他的律师为他开脱了罪责。

3.So, you're betting that you can beat the rap. 那么，你是在断言你可以逃脱刑罚的罗！

4.The accused insisted that he would certainly beat the rap. 被告坚持认为他定会被宣告无罪。

beats me

“beats me”除了“打我”的意思，还可以表达“不知道”的含义，英文释义为“use to say you don’t know something, or cannot understand or explain it”。

对于“不知道”有很多说法，最普遍的是“I don't know”，还有“I have no idea”、“I don’t have a clue.”、“You got me”等等。

[例句]

1.There’s only one question that beats me.

只有一个问题把我难倒了。

2.Beats me why he wants such a big car.

我不知道他为什么想要这么大的车。

look beat

小伙伴们如果在这里把“beat”看做动词用，那可能不太好理解了！“beat”在这里做形容词，意为“精疲力尽的”。所以，短语“look beat”可以翻译为“看起来很累”，也可以与“be”搭配。

[例句]

1.You look beat, what have you been doing?

你看起来好累，你最近在干嘛？

2.I am beat and I have to wake up early tomorrow.

我好累，明天还要早起。

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