片语give someone the shirt off one's back意思是竭尽所能的帮助某人。你看,把自己的衬衫都给了别人,衣服都脱完,背都露出来了,是不是算已竭尽所能了?If you give someone the shirt off your back, you must try your best to help him or her when he or her is in trouble. 如:
Gord is a kind and generous man. He'd like to give people the shirt off his back. Once a co-worker got really sick,Gord gave a lot of money to him.
(译文:Gord是个心地善良且慷慨的人,他会竭尽所能的帮助别人的。他的一个同事曾经病得很重,他就给了许多钱给那个同事。)
朋友们可能有这样的感慨,朋友很多,但真心的没有几个,真正的朋友是能在你最需要他的时候出现的朋友,看看下面这个句子是怎样说的:
A true friend is someone who'll give you the shirt off his back when you are in all kind of serious troubles.
(译文:一个真正的朋友是会在你遇到各种困难的时候竭尽所能的帮助你的。)
所谓患难真情(a friend in need is a friend indeed),真正的朋友只有在你需要的时候就才看得出来,有时朋友还会为你奉献完他的全部财产,赔上了一切包括自己的生命(lose his shirt)..这里lose one's shirt正是今天我们要向朋友们介绍的第二个片语。
先看一个例句:
Tim got a great success in his business and earned more money. But money burned a hole in his pocket. Not long ago, he began gambling at card games and MaJiang games. Now he has lost his shirt.
(译文:Tim在生意上取得了很大的成功,但钱在口袋里留不住,不久前他开始赌扑克牌和麻将,现在已经分文不剩了。)
To lose one's shirt means to lose all his money and property for some reasons.让我们再发挥一下我们的想象力吧![let something(our imagination) run wild, 这个片语以前讲过哦!这里复习一下],如果一个人连shirt都没有(lose)了,你说他穷不穷呢!多半是赔了一切,或破产了嘛!
现在让我们再看另一个例子:之前先复习一下burn a hole in one's pocket这个片语的意思,在前面几讲我们介绍过的,对了它的意思是“钱在口袋里留不住”
Bart was sentenced to five years in jail for accounting cheats. And he has lost his shirt now. He is deeply repentant of it.
(译文:Bart因财务欺诈而被判入狱五年,一切都完了,他非常后悔。)
结束语:人都会犯错误的,关键是要知过悔改,这不,Bart入狱后,他的父母并没有放弃对他的关心,鼓励他重新做人,他也决定奋发图强,出狱后,勒紧腰带重新创业。在下一讲里我们就要介绍“奋发图强”和“勒紧腰带”怎么说!See you.
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