迷你对话学地道口语第779期:振作起来

 　　Subject: You should pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

　　第一．迷你对话

　　A: You should pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

　　你要凭你自己的力量振作起来。

　　B: Yes, I know very well. But it is usually very difficult to do it.

　　是的，我非常清楚，但是通常很难呀。

　　第二．核心短语

　　put oneself up by one’s bootstraps

　　1. 解词释义

　　Pull oneself up by one’s bootstraps的字面意思是“提着鞋带把自己提起来”，比喻为“重新振作”的意思。用于描绘不依靠他人，凭借自己的力量和努力重新振作起来改变不好的处境。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. Mace¹ was attempting to pull himself up by his bootstraps. There was savage² hatred³ in his eyes.

　　梅斯试图重新振作起来，眼里射出凶残、仇恨的光。

　　e.g. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps, lad, and be a man for yourself.

　　振作起来，伙计，为了你自己，勇敢一点。

　　e.g. You must try to pull yourself up by your bootstraps for your family depend on you.

　　你应该振作起来--你的家庭都指着你呢。

　　e.g. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps and face up to life.

　　振作起来面对生活。

1 mace   

n.狼牙棒，豆蔻干皮

参考例句：

• The sword and mace were favourite weapons for hand-to-hand fighting.剑和狼牙棒是肉搏战的最佳武器。
• She put some mace into the meat.她往肉里加了一些肉豆蔻干皮。

2 savage   

adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人

参考例句：

• The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
• He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。

3 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。