迷你對話學地道口語第598期:對......心存希望
Subject:You don’t have a prayer of beating your opponents.
迷你對話
A: My opponent has the experience of studying abroad. So English is a piece of cake for him.
我的對手有留學的經驗。英語對於他是小菜一碟。
B: Well, you don’t have a prayer of beating your opponents.
你對擊敗對方的希望落空了。
地道表達
have a prayer
1. 解詞釋義
此語中的prayer是指“禱告,祈願”。當遇到困難的時候,人們可能會以禱告的方式獲得幫助。Have a prayer的意思是“對......心存希望”“祈求某事成真”。那麼not have a prayer的意思則爲“希望落空”“沒有希望”。
2. 拓展例句
Eric does not have a prayer of passing the math exam today.
Eric想這是數學考試及格的希望落空了。
John did not have a prayer of making love with Jane.
John想和Jane做愛的希望落空了。
I did not have a prayer of getting promoted this time.
這次升職的希望落空了。
Ps:study abroad的意思是“留學”, a piece of cake是俚語,意思是“很簡單”“小菜一碟”。