汉译英难词 脾气和性格

第三篇第三篇 脾气和性格脾气和性格 第一节第一节 1 偷懒耍滑头 goof off 小王总是偷懒耍滑头 上班时不是去打电话就是跑到医务室去看病 XiaoWang s always goofing off either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctorsduring office hours 2 大动肝火 be up in arms 由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳 老板正在大动肝火 The boss is up in arms about the company s poor sales record in the past few months 3 保持冷静 keep cool 即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静 She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger 4 说话兜圈子 beat about the bush 5 心怀叵测 have an ax to grind 她总是心怀叵测 对她说的话你得多留神 She always has an ax to grind You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt 6 心数不正 not have one s heart in the right place 他的心数不正 动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子 He doesn t have his heart in the right place He would find every opportunity to stab in th e back ofothers 7 背后捅刀子 stab in the back 我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀 我过去太信任她了 I was taken aback and didn t think Zhang would stab me in the back I placed too much t rust inher 8 说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody 我从来没说过任何人的坏话 I ve never badmouthed anyone 9 傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat 她真是个傻帽 时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来 She s a real nitwit She would now and then burst out grinning like a Cheshire car for no reason atall Cheshire 是英国的郡名 柴郡 据说此地有一种猫 常常会无缘无故地咧开 嘴对主人笑 后来人们便以此来形容傻笑地的人 10 厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do 你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快 How can you have the gall to complaint about other people s being lazy 第二节第二节 11 大献殷勤 dance attendance 小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了 Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss 12 血口喷人 smite with the tongue 千万别得罪她 她经常血口喷人 Take care not to offend her She always smites with the tongue 13 假惺惺的说 speak with one s tongue in one s cheek 我特别讨厌她 她说话总是假惺惺地 I feel sick of her She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek 14 这山望着那山高 The grass is always greener on the other hill 人都是这山望着那山高 对自己的状况没有满意的时候 Almost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill They never feel satisfied with whatthey ve already got 15 上瘾 get into one s blood 说来也怪 很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾 It s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood 16 特别爱生气 be quick to take offense 17 发牢骚 beef 他坐在那里什么事也不干 总是发牢骚 真烦死人 I m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing 18 等不及了 champ at the bit 咱们快点吧 孩子们都等不及了 Let s shake the leg The kids are champing at the bit 19 点头哈腰 bow and scrape 从她在老板前点头哈腰地那个模样 你就知道她是个什么人了 From the way she s bowing and scraping in front of the boss you ll know what sort of pe rson sheis 20 疯疯癫癫 go gaga 对他的话不要太在意了 他总是疯疯癫癫的 Don t take what he says so seriously He s always going gaga 第三节第三节 21 说话不算数 go back on one s words 他那个人说话从不算数 我们可不能依靠他 We cannot account on him He always goes back on his words 22 废话连篇 beat one s gums 谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇 Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums 23 恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人 Don t you know she s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her 24 不忍心 not have the heart to do 如果我是你 我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看 If I were you I wouldn t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for 25 勤快 an eager beaver 他特别勤快 从来没有闲着的时候 He s an eager beaver never staying idle 26 太不象话了 The idea of somebody s doing 你太不象话了 竟然骂自己的母亲 The idea of your calling your mum damned 27 懒透了 be bone idle 她懒透的了 连自己的袜子都不洗 She s bone idle She s even tired of washing her own socks 28 好客 keep open house 我们的邻居特别好客 Our neighbor keeps open house 29 待客周到 keep a good house She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied 30 正直 be on the up and up 她是个正直的姑娘 因此我相信她不会干出那种事 She s always been on the up and up and I don t think she would have done such a thing 第四节第四节 31 偷鸡摸狗 be on the sly 我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人 Everyone around here knows that he s a man on the sly 32 与 不合 be at odds with 不要把他们两个分在一个组里 他俩不合 Don t put them in the same group The two of them are at odds with each other 33 巴结 buddy up 她可会巴结当官的了 She s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities 34 装傻 play possum 我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已 I know you were only playing possum 35 省吃俭用 pinch and scrape 她一向省吃俭用 从未浪费过一分钱 She s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent 36 花言巧语 do a snow job 他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩 说自己是某个部长的儿子 He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister 37 哪壶不开提哪壶 touch the tender spot 你真是哪壶不开提哪壶 她就怕别人提起第三者插足的话题 You were plain touching the tender spot She was most sensitive to the topic of the thir dperson who cut in between a couple 38 脚踩两条船 serve two masters 我可不想脚踩两条船 也不乐意两面讨好 I don t want to serve two masers at the same time nor do I like to run with the hare and hunt withthe hounds 39 吃醋 be jealous 40 不当一回事 as soon do as look at 他根本就不把得罪人当回事 He would just as soon offend other people as look at them 第五节第五节 41 说到做到 be the equal of one s words 他说到做到 从不食言 He s the equal of his words never going back on them 42 不依不饶 take off the gloves to 你不必对他如此的不依不饶 You don t need to take off your gloves to him like that 43 贪吃 gluttonous 我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人 I ve never met a man as gluttonous as him 44 很乖 as good as gold 他的小女儿很乖 从不像别的孩子那样不听话 His little daughter is as good as gold She s never been as rebellious as other children 45 十分嫉妒 be green with envy 王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒 Mr Wang s success has made many people around him green with envy 46 满口脏话 swear like a trooper 那个家伙的嘴特别脏 整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的 That guy has a foul mouth He always swears like a trooper 47 神经过敏 thin skinned 我看这些人都有点神经过敏 In my eyes they re all sort of thin skinned 48 性子过急 be too quick on the trigger 要不是因为你的性子过急 你也不至于失去那笔买卖 If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn t have lost the deal 49 撒娇 play the woman 她可会在男人面前撒娇了 She s so good at playing the woman before men 50 占人便宜 loa