人家说

cannot

不能

朱熹把"不可"(donot)讲作"不能"(cannot),于是前句中那个"可"字就是"能"字了. 程颐的注解也是一样,不过他说得更老实些:"圣人设教,非不欲人家喻而户晓也. 然不能使之知,但能使之由之尔. "一个"不能",一个"但能",说得多少苦心,

collect call

对方付费电话

他说, "Because he called from a pay phone." 当时我一听, 以为 pay phone 是指 "对方付费电话" (collect call) 而言, 所以我就嘲笑他说, "你好小气,人家要你拨付费电话你就不肯回电, 这算什么朋友." 没想到此言一出换我朋友嘲笑我一顿,

county

县

可以了.结果她们竟然说还是不行.说幼儿园所在的"县"(COUNTY)规定所有在幼儿园的小朋友必须在最早的检查身体时间打免疫针.不能晚打.于是我马上转身回诊所又跟人家讲故事一样从头说了一遍.还好这次接待我的老太太脑袋灵活多了,

HANGER

衣架

都说是骡子是马拉出来溜溜,人家一眼就看出来了,然后她考我单词,插座(OUTLET)衣架(HANGER)拖鞋(SLIPPER)接机(AIRPORT RECEPTION)外币兑换?我好像说了4,5个SORRY,我几乎崩溃啊!她告诉我这都是一些基本的英语单词,还说了很多,

Yet, if thou swearest, thou mayest prove false

温柔的罗密欧啊!你要是真的爱我,就请你诚意告诉我

And I will take thy word; 人家说,对于恋人们的寒盟背... | Yet, if thou swearest, thou mayest prove false. 温柔的罗密欧啊!你要是真的爱我,就请你诚意告诉我; | At lovers' perjuries they say Jove laughs. 你要...

mother language

母语

要不就是张斌听错了,人家可能说的是不接受非"母语"(mother language)的采访而不是说的只接受来自"祖国"(motherland)的记者的采访,因为杨澜就是用英语采访的.

satire

讽刺

原来"幽默"(Humour)并不是独养儿子,他有几个兄弟:"讽刺"(Satire),"俏皮"(Grony),"滑稽"(Konik),性情稍有不同,面貌极其相似,人家说,他们是孪生子. 当"幽默"诞生的时候,林语堂先生替他取这个名号,鲁迅先生就嫌那两字容易被误解为"静默"、"幽静"等.

You need to think big

你得敢想

7. I don't want to be dubbed a lion-hunter. 我不想人家说我攀龙附凤. | 8. You need to think big. 你得敢想. | 9. It's not unheard-of. 没什么大惊小怪的.

That is so unseemly

那太不得体了

5. She's past her bloom. 她已经徐娘半老. | 6. That is so unseemly. 那太不得体了. | 7. I don't want to be dubbed a lion-hunter. 我不想人家说我攀龙附凤.

Could you be more fantastic

你真有趣

That afternoon I was high on another feel-good drug: The new gay friend.|那天下午,和新同志朋友见面 也... | Could you be more fantastic?|-你真有趣 | They say you can't meet men in bars.|-人家说在酒吧遇不...

of a composite function：复合函数之导数

Derivative :导数 | of a composite function :复合函数之导数 | of a constant function :常数函数之导数

enriched lake：富营养湖

LRPA Long-Range Patrol Aircraft 远程巡逻飞机 | enriched lake 富营养湖 | bang it about 决胜负 诉诸武力