英语俚语天天说 第335期:"免费"英语怎么说?

Complimentary¹ 免费赠送的

We had a Deluxe² room with two small bottles of complimentary water when we arrived.

当我们到的时候，我们定的豪华套房内有两小瓶免费水。

 

On the house

（酒吧、餐馆）免费的

It was my birthday yesterday and the owner let me have the first bottle of wine on the house.

昨天是我的生日，所以店家给了我一瓶免费酒。

 

A free ride 白白得到的东西

You're getting a free ride living with your parents. You don't even have to pay rent!

你从父母那得到免费的一切。你甚至不用付房租。

 

Be sb's for the asking

只要开口，就给

You father is the director³ of the company and any job is yours for the asking.

你爸是公司总监，任何工作只要你开口，就会有。

 

Freebie n. 免费赠品

A: Where did you get that calendar?

你这个日历从哪来的？

B: It was a freebie from work.

这是工作时候的一个赠品。

1 complimentary   

adj.赠送的，免费的，赞美的，恭维的

参考例句：

• She made some highly complimentary remarks about their school.她对他们的学校给予高度的评价。
• The supermarket operates a complimentary shuttle service.这家超市提供免费购物班车。

2 deluxe   

adj.华美的，豪华的，高级的

参考例句：

• This system puts the top hotels in a special deluxe category.这种分类法把最高级的旅馆列为特殊豪华级。
• I liked the deluxe edition,but I could afford only a second best.我喜欢精装版，但我只买得起一本稍差一点的。

3 director   

n.主管，导演；主任；理事；董事；处长

参考例句：

• The director has taken the visitors off to his office.经理把客人带到他办公室去了。
• The new director is easy to get along with.新来的主任很好处。