點滴英語天天學第247期:雅思詞彙(87)

1. 詞彙：dead horse

釋義：Something—especially an issue or topic—that is no longer of any use or relevance. （徒勞的事，沒有絲毫希望成功的事情）

例句： Forget it! Don’t waste time whipping a dead horse.

算了吧，別浪費時間做徒勞無益的事情。

You're flogging a dead horse by asking Jim to lend you money-he hasn't even enough money for himself.

你要吉姆借錢給你，這是徒勞，他的錢甚到不夠他自己花。

You'll be flogging a dead horse if you keep trying to get Walter to make a contribution, you know how mean he is.

如果你堅持想要沃爾特作貢獻的話，你會白費勁的，你知道他是極其吝嗇的。

He's flogging a dead horse by trying to persuade people to use canals instead of roads.

他拼命地勸人不要使用公路而去使用運河，真是枉費口舌。

Jack was then working for a dead horse for he had been paid in advance.

傑克已預領工錢，所以那時他雖然幹活，卻再也得不到報酬了。

2. 詞彙：hobby horse

釋義：A topic to which one constantly reverts. （反覆嘮叨的話題，別人已經聽膩了而自己卻樂此不疲的話題）

例句：Is Sam boring you again with his hobby horse about holding a party some day?

薩姆又在談論某天舉辦晚會的老話題了，那使你覺得厭煩嗎？

No, I don't want to talk to Sam.I can't stand another minute of him riding his hobby horse about invader from space.

不，我不想同薩姆講話。我再也不能忍受聽他講來自太空的移居者了，哪怕是一分鐘。

3. 詞彙：harp on one string

釋義：To dwell tediously and repeatedly upon a single subject or topic, especially in complaint. （反覆說同一件事情，老調重彈）

例句：Mark is always harping on one string about how little money he makes. I wish he would come up with something new to talk about!

馬克總是嘮嘮叨叨地說他掙的錢少得可憐。我希望他能想出一些新的話題來談!

I get it, you don't like your job. Quit harping on one string!

我理解你的意思了，你不喜歡你的工作，別再重複說了。