迷你对话学地道口语第550期:瞎猜

　　Subject：I was only a shot¹ in the dark.
迷你对话
A: Do you know when we will have the summer vacation?
你知道我们什么时候放暑假吗？
B: Maybe in two weeks. I was only a shot in the dark.
可能是两个星期以后吧，我是只是瞎猜的。
地道表达
a shot in the dark
1. 解词释义
Shot是“开枪”的意思。“I was only a shot in the dark.”是“我是瞎猜的。”的意思。想像一下有人在漆黑的夜里，到处是伸手不见五指的情况下开枪，那肯定是打不中目标的，除非是蒙中的。 A shot in the dark的字面意思是“在黑暗里开枪”，引申为“瞎猜”。 其英文解释为：an attempt² to guess something when you have no information or knowledge about it。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. It was just a shot in the dark, but I got the right answer to the teacher's question.
尽管那只是瞎猜，但我答对了老师的问题。
e.g. We had nothing to go by. It was a shot in the dark, but it turned out right.
我们是没有根据的, 只不过瞎猜, 可是结果却猜对了。
e.g. It' s hard to know exactly what to do we' ll just have to take a shot in the dark.
很难说怎么办才对，我们只好瞎碰。
e.g. The whole theory³ is a shot in the dark and no one will ever take us seriously.
整个理论都是我们瞎猜的，因此没有人会把我们说的当真。
Ps：have a vacation的意思是“度假”。在vacation前面加上“summer”或者是“winter”这2个表示季节的名词，意思就是“放暑假（寒假）”。例如：
We'll have a vacation you wouldn't believe. 我们将度过一个你想像不到的假期。
How I wish to have a long vacation these days! 这些天我多么希望去度一次长假啊!
Did you have a good summer vacation? 暑假玩得开心吗？
Do you enjoy having a winter vacation in Paris? 你喜欢去巴黎过寒假吗?

1 shot   

n.炮弹，射击，射手；v.射击，发出，发芽；vbl.射击，发出，发芽

参考例句：

• He shot a wild duck.他射中一只野鸭。
• All the children shot out their hands for the money.所有的孩子突然伸出手来要钱。

2 attempt   

n.企图，试图；vt.尝试，试图

参考例句：

• This is a useless attempt.这是个无用的试图。
• Our last attempt proved successful.我们最后的尝试成功了。

3 theory   

n.理论，原则，看法，推测

参考例句：

• He needs to fine down his theory a bit.他需要使他的理论更完善一些。
• He hasn't a leg to stand for this theory of his.他的这种理论是站不住脚的。