出身

a blue-blooded family

贵族世家

5.blue blood: aristocratic descent or birth 贵族出身,贵族身分 | a blue-blooded family 贵族世家 | 6.come out of the blue: happen unexpectedly, without warning 意外的,未来先知的

The boss hit the ceiling

老板大发雷霆

Mary is an apple polisher.玛丽是个马屁精. | The boss hit the ceiling.老板大发雷霆. | He was born to the purple.他出身皇族.

bite off more than one can chew

贪多咽不下

Birth is much, but breeding is more. 出身固然重要,教养更且重要. | Bite off more than one can chew. 贪多咽不下. | Bite the hand that feeds one. 恩将仇报.

Bite off more than one can chew

贪多咽不下

<LI>Birth is much, but breeding is more. 出身固然重要,教养更且重要. | <LI>Bite off more than one can chew. 贪多咽不下. | <LI>Bite the hand that feeds one. 恩将仇报.

We Must Live in the Present

把握现在

97.Why I Want to Go to Graduate School? 我为什么要考研究生? | 98.We Must Live in the Present 把握现在 | 99.Is Family Influence Critical?出身决定一切吗?

spell over

思考、考虑

spell out慢而费力地读懂得......;理解 | spell over思考、考虑...... | spring from由......引起;出身于......

Achieved Role

自致角色

"角色是一个习得的过程,文化人类学将人的角色大体上分为"先赋角色"(ascribed role)和"自致角色"(achieved role). 具体来说,"先赋角色"是"指一个人不是通过后天的努力,而主要因出身、性別、肤色等先天因素所获得的角色地位.

Aliens

异形续集

到了约中二的时候,我的哥哥由於已出身,有收入,有时会带我看电影,看的多是一些动作片及科幻片如"第一滴血"(Rambo: First Blood)及"异形续集"(Aliens)等.

ascribed role

先赋角色

"角色是一个习得的过程,文化人类学将人的角色大体上分为"先赋角色"(ascribed role)和"自致角色"(achieved role). 具体来说,"先赋角色"是"指一个人不是通过后天的努力,而主要因出身、性別、肤色等先天因素所获得的角色地位.

Chinos

卡其裤

也有人指出,现在人人都有的牛仔裤,在上个世纪5、60年代,美国出身良好中产阶级的子女往往还是被父母禁止穿着,理由是属于街头文化的牛仔裤"不入流",也因此,才会有了带有军队烙印的卡其裤(Chinos)在美国中产尤其是Preppy文化大行

The Shop Around the Corner：街角商店

上错天堂投错胎Heaven Can Wait (1943) | 街角商店The Shop Around the Corner (1940) | 妮诺奇嘉Ninotchka (1939)

neigher nor gate：既非又不闸

"邻区最佳控制","neighboring optimal control" | "既非又不闸","neigher nor gate" | "内利亚克编译程式","NELIAC; naval electronics laboratory international algebraic complier"