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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