迷你对话学地道口语第526期:劫数难逃;完蛋

　　Subject: His number is up.
迷你对话
A: My classmate is quarreling with our teacher’s conclusions in a bad attitude.
我的一个同学和我们老师观点不符合，而且态度十分恶劣。
B: Well, his number is up.
哦，他要大难临头了。
地道表达
His number is up.
1. 解词释义
该习语的意思是“完蛋了”“劫数难逃”等。起源于一次大战期间军队里的行话，说his number is up的意思就是“他死了。”这里的number是指“军人的番号”。对话中的“His number is up.”的意思就是“他大烂临头了”。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. If his friends find out the bad things he has said about them, his number is up.
如果他说他朋友的坏话被查出来，他就要遭殃了。
e.g. For 30 years our congressman¹ has done a pretty good job in Washington. But this time I think his number is up - he has a smart young man running against him with a lot of new ideas.
原来那人当选国会议员已经三十年了，他这些年的政治生涯风平浪静，但是这次他却遇上了劲敌，一个干练又富有创新思想的年青人和他争夺竞选议员，看来后生可畏，老将这次要下马了。
Ps 1: quarrel with something的意思是“与......有不同的看法和观点，对......进行争论”。quarrel with后面可以接物，也可以接人。例如：
We may quarrel with the correlation² of media notoriety and managerial excellence³. 对于在报界的名声和杰出的管理才能之间有什么相互联系，我们可以进行争论。
I have no quarrel with what you say. 我对你的话没有反对意见。
I would rather be laughed at than quarrel with him. 我宁愿被嘲笑，也不愿和他吵架。
He is good-natured and has never quarreled with anyone. 他脾气很好,从不和任何人争吵。
Ps 2：in a +adj.+ attitude的意思是“以.......的态度”。例如：
He was sitting in a lazy attitude. 他懒洋洋地坐着。
He works in a negative attitude. 他的工作态度很消极。
He stood there in a threatening attitude. 他以咄咄逼人的神态站在那里。

1 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

2 correlation   

n.相互关系，相关，关连

参考例句：

• The second group of measurements had a high correlation with the first.第二组测量数据与第一组高度相关。
• A high correlation exists in America between education and economic position.教育和经济地位在美国有极密切的关系。

3 excellence   

n.优秀，杰出，(pl.)优点，美德

参考例句：

• His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
• My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。