大家都知道,駱駝是非常強壯的動物,一般來說,一只駱駝可以馱五百公斤重的東西。但是,要是你不斷往它背上加東西的話,這只駱駝到了一定程度就會達到它所能承受的飽和點,那怕再多加一根稻草也會使它承受不了而垮臺。這就是我們今天要給大家介紹的俗語:the straw that breaks the camel's back。The straw that breaks the camel's back,意思就是:那根壓斷了駱駝背的稻草?,F(xiàn)在,人們經(jīng)常把它簡化為:the last straw。我們來舉一個例子。這是一個非常生氣的妻子在對她的丈夫說話:
"All these years I've tried to be a good wife, even though you're lazy, you drink too much and half of the time don't even have a steady job. But when I find out you are spending money on another woman, that's the last straw! I want you out of my house right now and I never want to see you again."
這位太太說:“這些年來,盡管你很懶,喝酒過度,還經(jīng)常沒有固定的工作,但我一 直盡力做一個賢惠的妻子??墒?,當我發(fā)現(xiàn)你把錢化在另一個女人身上的時候,這就使我無法忍受了。你給我馬上出去,我永遠也不要再見到你了?!?BR> 有的人聽了這句話可能會對這位太太說:“你早該如此啦!可是,在美國,婦女承擔養(yǎng)家活口重擔的事并不少見。
讓人無法忍受的事情有大有小。下面是一個學生在說為什么他把和他同屋住的同學趕了出去。
"I put up with a lot from this guy. He borrowed my clothes, he borrowed my money, he borrowed my tennis racket. But when I caught him using my toothbrush that was the last straw, so I kicked him out!"
他說:“我對這個家伙夠?qū)捜莸牧?。他借我的衣服穿,問我借錢,借用我的網(wǎng)球拍??墒牵斘野l(fā)現(xiàn)他用我的牙刷的時候,這就叫我無法忍受了。所以我把他趕了出去?!?BR> merger
n.(企業(yè)等的)并吞; 結(jié)合; 合并者, 合并
例:
There are rumours of an impending merger.
有謠傳說是快要合并了.
"All these years I've tried to be a good wife, even though you're lazy, you drink too much and half of the time don't even have a steady job. But when I find out you are spending money on another woman, that's the last straw! I want you out of my house right now and I never want to see you again."
這位太太說:“這些年來,盡管你很懶,喝酒過度,還經(jīng)常沒有固定的工作,但我一 直盡力做一個賢惠的妻子??墒?,當我發(fā)現(xiàn)你把錢化在另一個女人身上的時候,這就使我無法忍受了。你給我馬上出去,我永遠也不要再見到你了?!?BR> 有的人聽了這句話可能會對這位太太說:“你早該如此啦!可是,在美國,婦女承擔養(yǎng)家活口重擔的事并不少見。
讓人無法忍受的事情有大有小。下面是一個學生在說為什么他把和他同屋住的同學趕了出去。
"I put up with a lot from this guy. He borrowed my clothes, he borrowed my money, he borrowed my tennis racket. But when I caught him using my toothbrush that was the last straw, so I kicked him out!"
他說:“我對這個家伙夠?qū)捜莸牧?。他借我的衣服穿,問我借錢,借用我的網(wǎng)球拍??墒牵斘野l(fā)現(xiàn)他用我的牙刷的時候,這就叫我無法忍受了。所以我把他趕了出去?!?BR> merger
n.(企業(yè)等的)并吞; 結(jié)合; 合并者, 合并
例:
There are rumours of an impending merger.
有謠傳說是快要合并了.