15 play the field 在戀愛中尋找新對象,不限於某個人
- He's single and likes to play the field. (他單身且喜歡到處尋找戀愛對象。)
16 play truant / play hooky 逃學、曠課、逃離工作
- It's not a good idea to play truant. You could get into trouble with the school or even the police. (逃學可不是好主意,你可能會因此惹上學校或警方的麻煩。)
- I played hooky yesterday and went to the beach instead of going to work.(昨天我逃避工作去了海灘。)
17 表達膨風、吹噓的態度:
play it up 誇大,誇大其詞
play one’s own horn / trumpet 自吹自擂、自我吹噓
- He was playing up his accomplishments to impress the boss.(他把自己的成就吹噓得很大,以打動老板的心。)
- I don't want to play my own horn, but I think I did a really good job on that project.(我不想自我吹噓,但我認為我在那個項目上做得很好。)
18 play hardball 采取強硬手段,不妥協
- The company decided to play hardball and refused to negotiate with the union.(公司決定玩硬的,拒絕與工會談判。)
19 play politics 玩弄政治手腕
- He's always playing politics to get ahead.(他總是耍政治手段想要得到晉升。)
20 play both ends against the middle 同時和兩個對立的人或團體合作,以獲取自己的利益。
- He tried to play both ends against the middle by building good relationships with both the boss and the employees, so he could manipulate them and control the company's affairs.(他試圖和老板和員工們打好關係,這樣他就能夠玩弄他們,擺佈公司的事情了。)
If you don’t stop talking in class, you’ll get into trouble.
你上課繼續講話的話,就有麻煩了。
Julie decided to rent an apartment instead of buying a house.
茱莉決定租公寓而不買房子。
I refuse to go dancing tonight.
我今晚絕不去跳舞。
Hannah negotiated a pay raise with her boss.
漢娜與老闆商量加薪事宜。
The teacher pointed out two grammar mistakes in my essay.
老師指出我文章中的 2 個文法錯誤。
Sally is willing to help her mother with the chores.
莎莉願意幫母親做家事。
Joanna is tired of her boyfriend's lame excuses for being late.
喬安娜已經聽膩了她男朋友各種遲到的爛藉口。
Tommy is tired of eating the same thing for dinner every night.
湯米對於每晚都吃一樣的東西感到厭煩。