迷你對話學地道口語第846期:車子

Subject : How did you afford such a cool set of wheels?

第一， 迷你對話

A: Your car is great. How did you afford such a cool set of wheels?

你的車真是太棒了。你怎麼買得起這麼棒的車呀？

B: I worked all summer. It was brutal.

我整個暑假都在工作，實在是很辛苦。

A: Sounds like that.

看得出。

第二， 地道表達

a set of wheels

1. 解詞釋義

英語中一種修飾法——以部分代整體，稱爲“提喻”。A set of wheels是一套車輪的意思，比喻爲“車子”的意思。

像這樣的用法很多，例如：Two heads are better than one. （三個臭皮匠，頂個諸葛亮。）Great mind think alike. （英雄所見略同。）其中的head和mind均以人體的某部分來代表“人”這個一整體。

2. 拓展範例

e.g. If it's really important to you to have a fancy set of wheels, then it seems worth it.

如果有一輛豪華車對你來說是重要的，那就值得。