在英语里有许多简略让人误解的短语或语句。假定只按字面意思去了解,很可以会在和别人交流时出糗。因为内容有限,修改从中选择出“beat face”和“blind date”来为我们具体解读下正确意思。不理解的童鞋,可以拿出小本本记下来哦!

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“beat face”可不是“打脸”!正确说明应为“扮装”。
beat
英 [bit] 美 [bit]
n. 击打;节拍;跳动(声);敲击;辖区
v. 打;碰击;打败;诈骗;把……难住;徜徉;跳动;搅拌;查找;吹打;抢先;优于;接连;打破
adj. 筋疲力尽的;大吃一惊的
同步例句解义:
1)adj. 筋疲力尽的;疲倦不堪的 <非正式>
I’m beat. I haven’t slept well for weeks.
我累坏了,好几周都没有睡好了。
2)n. 跳动(声);搏动(声);冲击(声)
They werebeaten to death with baseball bats.
他们被人用棒球棒打死了。
3) n. 节奏
He was tapping his foot to thebeat.
他用脚跟着节奏悄悄打拍子。
4) n. 巡查区域,巡查道路
The officer on the beat picks up information; hears cries for help; makes people feel safe.
巡查中的警官获取信息,倾听求救声,让我们有平安感。
5) miss a beat 失掉良机
Skye has scarcely missed a beatas one of the Gold Coast’s spectacular models.
作为黄金海岸上最超卓的模特之一,斯凯几乎从未失掉过任何机缘。
6)without missing a beat/not missing a beat 毫不犹疑地;毫不踌躇地
Harrison replied without missing abeat.
哈里森毫不踌躇地答复。
7)vt.(接连地)打,击,敲
My wife tried to stop them and they beat her.
我老婆企图阻挡他们,却被他们打了。
8)vt.(在竞赛、战争中)打败,打败
In yesterday’s games, Switzerland beatthe United States 2–1.
在昨日的竞赛中,瑞士队以2比1打败美国队。
9)vt.胜过;跨越;跨越
He was eager to beatthe record.
他急于打破纪录。
10)beat time:打拍子
He beatstime with hands and feet.
他用手和脚打拍子。
11)beat it! 走开!滚开!
Beatit before it’s too late.
趁还不算太晚,赶忙滚开。
12)beat a retreat匆忙撤离;匆忙脱离
The visitorsbeat a hasty retreat.
游客们仓促忙忙地脱离了。
13)beat sb to it抢在或人前面
Mr Fischler beathim to it with a statement announcing his own resignation.
菲施勒先生抢在他前面宣告了自个辞去职务的消息。
14)can you beat it/can you beat that? 你信赖吗?你想得到吗?(标明惊奇或惊奇)
Can you beat it; there was Graham Greene in Freetown and there was I on the other side of Africa.
你想得到吗?格雷厄姆格林在弗里敦而我在非洲的另一边。
②“blind date”可不是“瞎约会”!正确说明应为“相亲”。
blind date
n. 相亲;(由第三方组织的)男女间初度碰头
She is nervous about going on ablind date.她对由别人组织的约会感到严峻。
Blind
adj. 盲意图;瞎的;未发觉的
vt. 使失明;躲藏
adv. 盲目地
n. 百叶窗;幌子
1)不能了解的;不愿了解的;没有区分才能的
I must have been blind not to realize what was going on.
我没有知道到正在发生啥事,真是瞎了眼。
2)盲意图;没有根据的;短少理性的
They ran out in blind panic.
他们莫名惊慌地跑了出来。
3)完全昏倒不醒的
Percy lay on the floor in a blind stupor and could not or would not get up.
珀西完全神志昏倒躺在地板上,根柢站不起来。
4)turn a blind eye 假装没看见;视若无睹
I can’tturn a blind eye when someone is being robbed.
有人被掠取时,我不能假装看不见。
5)blind drunk 酩酊酣醉;酣醉如泥
He arrived home blind drunkand passed out in the hallway.
他回到家时酩酊酣醉,昏倒在厅堂里。
6)使失掉沉着(或判别力);隐瞒
I was too blinded by love to see what kind of man he really was.
我被恋爱完全蒙住了双眼,看不出他实际上是哪一类人。
7)使目炫缭乱;使晕头转向
He will try to blind us with statistics, but don’t lose sight of the main point.
他会用数字来弄得咱们头昏目炫,但我们可不能无视要害。
8)幌子;障眼法;点缀;托言
He had told his colleagues that he was going to a conference, but that was just a blind.
他告诉火伴他要去开会,但那只是一个托言。
