每天三分钟学英语 第319期:老外说great timing,可不是“伟大时刻”的意思哟

 　　情景对话：

　　Leonard: Great timing¹, food just got here.

　　来的真巧，吃的刚到。

　　知识点讲解：

　　Perfect/good timing. 意思都相近。

　　1、正好，真巧，来得真是时候

　　【例句一】

　　Hey, we arrived at the same time. Good timing.

　　我们俩同时到的，真巧。

　　【例句二】

　　Great timing. You got here right when the first dish came out. You get to eat right away.

　　你来得真巧。刚上菜你就来了。你能马上吃饭了。

　　2、做某事时机掌握的恰到好处

　　【例句】

　　Great timing with your dance routine. It matched perfectly² with the music.

　　这段舞蹈时间掌握的很好，跟音乐完全吻合。

　　如果“时机真不好或者没掌握好”

　　我们也可以说 bad timing

　　【例句】

　　I went into the room right as they were done fighting. It was really bad timing.

　　我进屋子里的时候他们刚刚吵完架。时机真不好。

1 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

2 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。