迷你对话学地道口语第678期:扯远了,说多了

 　　Subject:You have gotten carried away.

　　迷你对话

　　A: I am terribly sorry. I have gotten carried away.

　　实在对不起，你扯得太远了。

　　B: After all, we are proceeding¹ the conference and you are on behalf of all the employee, say something useful.

　　毕竟，我们在开会，而你是代表员工啊！接着来吧，说点有价值的东西吧。

　　地道表达

　　get carried away

　　1. 解词释义

　　Get carried away表示说话的时候离了题，偏离了主题或主旨，也就是“扯远了”。是由于自己情绪激动或失控而扯远了，说得太多了，偏离主旨或主题。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. I'm sorry, I got carried away. Please, you tell me how you're doing.

　　不好意思，我说的太多了。请告诉我你现在的近况如何？

　　e.g. The writer got carried away and ended up writing too much detail.

　　这个作家写作太投入，结果写了太多细节。

　　Ps 1: proceed the conference：开会，会议在进行中

　　Ps 2：on behalf of的意思是“代表......，为......的利益”。例如：

　　She gave witness on behalf of the accused person.

　　她替被告作证。

　　I have enormous regard for his selflessness on behalf of his fellow man.

　　他能一心为同伴考虑，对此我感到无比崇敬。

　　They interceded² with the authorities on behalf of the detainees.

　　他们为被拘留者向当局求情。

　　He spoke³ on behalf of all the members of the faculty⁴ and staff.

　　他代表全体教职员工讲了话。

1 proceeding   

n.行动，进行，(pl.)会议录，学报

参考例句：

• This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
• The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。

2 interceded   

v.斡旋，调解( intercede的过去式和过去分词 )；说情

参考例句：

• They interceded with the authorities on behalf of the detainees. 他们为被拘留者向当局求情。
• He interceded with the teacher for me. 他为我向老师求情。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 faculty   

n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员

参考例句：

• He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
• He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。