迷你對話學地道口語第783期:壞種

Subject : It is totally because of that bad egg.

第一， 迷你對話

A: Baby, how did you slip?

寶貝，你怎麼滑到的？

B: It is totally because of that bad egg. He threw the banana peel on the ground.

全是因爲那個缺乏道德的傢伙，他把香蕉片扔到了地上。

第二, 核心短語

bad egg

1.解詞釋義

Egg是“雞蛋”的意思，但是引申爲“人，傢伙”的意思，bad egg字面意思是“壞了的雞蛋”，比喻爲“壞人”“不可信任的人”“缺乏道德的人”等。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. The judge sentenced the bad egg to death.

法官判這個混蛋死刑。

e.g. He's been in prison several times for all sorts of crimes; he's a bad egg.

他因各種罪行入獄多次, 他是個壞蛋。

e.g. A person who could do this must be a bad egg.

能辦出這種事的人準是個壞種。

第二， 視野拓展

1.Bad egg除了表示“壞蛋，混蛋，壞種”的意思，還可以表示“失敗的計劃”。例如：

The scheme was a bad egg. 計劃失敗了。

2.和bad egg同意的俚語還有bad apple。例如：

Stay away from Peter. He is a bad apple.

離彼得遠些, 他是個壞蛋。

There is always a bad apple in every batch.

到哪兒都會有害羣之馬。

第三， 咬文嚼字

Because of是複合介詞，意思是“因爲……”。例如：

The man was known to the police because of previous convictions.

因爲有犯罪前科，警察們都認識這個人。

He was not a particularly good shot because of his eyesight.

他視力不好，算不上是一個出色的射手。