英美人天天都在说的4000句 83:green-eyed monster

　　[00:00]K：I'm not holding my breath. It's so hard to stand out from all the other aspirants¹, you know.
[00:05]So where were you all day?
[00:07]B：Truant with Troy.
[00:10]K：You look high on happy pills.
[00:12]B：Oh, God, Kimberly, he's a poet.
[00:14]K：That's what my mother called "damning² with faint praise."
[00:17]B：Kimberly and Troy used to go out. Now that Troy and I are together, she could have been a green-eyed monster, but instead she's been really sweet about it.

1 aspirants   

n.有志向或渴望获得…的人( aspirant的名词复数 )v.渴望的，有抱负的，追求名誉或地位的( aspirant的第三人称单数 )；有志向或渴望获得…的人

参考例句：

• aspirants to the title of world champion 有志夺取世界冠军的人
• The examination was so rigid that nearly all aspirants were ruled out. 考试很严，几乎所有的考生都被淘汰了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 damning   

诅咒

参考例句：

• The poverty in our cities is a damning indictment of modern society. 我们的城市中贫民的苦况是现代社会的一大败象。
• The scandal is damning evidence of the government's contempt for democracy. 这宗丑闻是该政府蔑视民主的不可逃避的罪证。