精彩電影台詞欣賞第17期:《醜女貝蒂》講解1
Betty: Hey, Hilda, do you think you could trim my bangs?
Hilda: maybe, but I'm kinda liking the look.
Betty: I kinda can't see.
trim:修剪;修整
to trim your hair 理髮
bangs:劉海
kinda:有點兒, 有幾分; 相當; 可以這麼説
I kinda hoped we'd be able to meet up some time this week.
我真希望這個星期的某個時候我們還能意外地見上一面.
It's one of the many perks of your new position. But don't get too excited. They put a $100 cap on lunches.
這是你新工作的各類津貼之一.但別高興的太早,午餐消費上限100美元.
perk:something you receive as well as your wages for doing a particular job (工資之外的)補貼,津貼,額外待遇
Perks offered by the firm include a car and free health insurance.
公司給予的額外待遇包括一輛汽車和免費健康保險.
cap:an upper limit on an amount of money that can be spent or borrowed by a particular institution or in a particular situation (可用或可借資金的)最高限額
The government has placed a cap on local council spending.
政府給地方議會的經費支出規定了最高限額.
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n. 整齊,裝飾,修剪下來的部分
adj. 整
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adj. 特殊的,特別的,特定的,挑剔的
n.
part部分+icuar有…的→有自己的部分→特別的;各自的 insurance[in'ʃuərəns]
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n. 保險,保險費,安全措施
聯想記憶X單詞insurance聯想記憶:insure(vt 給…保險;確保) institution[i'tju:ʃən]
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n. 機構,制度,創立
聯想記憶X單詞institution聯想記憶:in進入+stiut=set up建立+ion設立出的制度→制度;慣例