每日一句口语 442(在线收听

今天的每日一句是:

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection.

Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.--Michael J. Fox

我十分谨慎地把优秀和完美区分开来。优秀是我可以达到的,而完美则需要上帝的垂爱。

--迈克尔-J-福克斯(加拿大裔美国作家、演员)

Notes:

1.confuse

vt.使困窘;使混乱;使困惑;使更难于理解

vi.使糊涂

eg.

confuse accounts

搞乱帐目

be confused in mind

心烦意乱

be [become, get] confused with one's blunder

因做错事而发慌[窘], 不知所措

Don't confuse Austria with [and] Australia.

不要把奥地利与澳大利亚弄混淆了。

They asked me so many questions that I got confused.

他们问了我许许多多的问题, 把我弄糊涂了。

2.excellence

n.优秀,卓越;优点;美德

3.business

n.商业,交易;生意;事务,业务;职业,行业

常见搭配:

a bad/terrible business

麻烦事, 不幸的事

A pretty business!

[口]好麻烦的事情!真糟!

be/get above one's business

自以为不屑于干某种工作

be doing good business with

和...关系不错

come to business (=get down to business)

开始认真工作; 开始干正事; 言归正传

dark business

诡秘勾当, 暧昧勾当

do the business

[口]解决问题;达到目的

enter on/upon business

开业

Everybody's business is nobody's business.

人人负责, 等于无人负责; 三个和尚没水吃。

funny business

滑稽的行为, 胡闹骗人的[可疑的]勾当

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