六句话学会fine line用法

 　　1. There's a fine line between drinking socially and alcoholism.

　　喝酒应酬和嗜酒可是有区别的。

　　2. There's a fine line between helping¹ your kids with their homework and doing it for them.

　　帮孩子做作业和替孩子做作业可是有区别的。

　　3. There's a fine line between dressing² a little sexy and looking trashy.

　　穿着性感和穿得很low可是有区别的。

　　4. There's a thin line between courage and foolishness.

　　勇敢和鲁莽可是有区别的。

　　总结

　　如果说A与B之间有个fine line，那么就表示：虽然A与B很相像，但其实有很大区别，而且通常情况下，A比B要好。这里的fine line也可以说成thin line。不过，“A好B坏”这种分法也不是绝对的。比如下面这两个例子：

　　As a ?parent, I ?knew that there was a fine ?line between ?panic and ?caution.

　　作为一位家长，我知道吓唬孩子和提醒他们还是有区别的。

　　It's a fine line between being a backseat driver and a considerate passenger.

　　坐在后座的情况下，指手画脚和好心提醒还是有区别的。

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。