迷你对话学地道口语第775期:奇丑无比(在线收听

   Subject: You could stop a clock.

  迷你对话
  A: Oh, my God! You could stop a clock.
  天啊,你看起来脸色好差。你看起来很不舒服。
  B: I have been sick for two weeks.
  我已经病了2个星期了。
  地道表达
  stop a clock
  1. 解词释义
  Stop a clock在美语中是用来形容一个人样子“其丑无比” “非常难看”。在上文中,stop a clock牵涉到的主题是“人的健康”问题,形容一个人病了,精神萎靡,面容憔悴等等难看样子。
  2. 拓展例句
  e.g. The old lady has a face that could stop a clock, but she is the most helpful person I have ever met.
  这个老妇女奇丑无比,但她却是我见过的最乐于助人的人。
  e.g. A woman when she storms always makes herself stop a clock.
  一个女人大发雷霆的时候,总使自己显得很丑陋。
  e.g. Even though she is rich, I don’t want to get married with her. She stops a clock.
  虽然她有钱,但是我还是不愿意和她结婚,因为她奇丑不堪。
  e.g. Don’t say like that. As it is, she is a beauty. She could stop a clock just because she has been in hospital for months.
  别那样说她,其实她是绝代美女。她因病住院几个月了,脸色看上去难看而已。
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