英语俚语天天说 第389期:"车牌号"不可以说"car number"?

 【俚语】

License¹ plate number 车牌号

【例句】

It’s illegal to cover you license plate number when you’re driving.
开车时覆盖掉车牌号是违法的。

License [英] 执照，许可证
Licence [美] 执照，许可证

【例句】

It’s almost been a year since I got my driver’s license.
我拿驾照快一年了。

Plate n. 盘子，碟子

【例句】

There's still lots of food on your plate.
你的盘子里还有很多食物。

Have too much on one's plate

Have a lot on one's plate
有很多事情要做

【例句】

I'm sorry, I just have too much on my plate right now. I’ll talk to you later. ok?
不好意思，我现在太忙了。我一会再和你聊。好吗？

Step up to the plate 面对困难时开始行动

【例句】

Someone will need to step up to the plate and lead this project now that Dylan has resigned.
既然辞职后，总得有人挺身而出，领导这个项目。

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n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。