英语词汇学习:如何评价“形形色色”的人(在线收听

   人的性格有很多种,有的人"一根筋儿",有的人"两面派",有的人是"受气包儿"……这些形形色色的"人"该怎么说呢,看看下面的表达你就知道了。

  1.一根筋儿 one track-minded。
  别跟他较劲了。
  他一根筋,你还不知道?
  Stop reasoning with him. Don't you know he is one track-minded?
  2. 出众的人 a lulu
  要说漂亮,我们公司新来的秘书可算是个相貌出众的女孩子了。
  Talking about being pretty, our company's new secretary is indeed a lulu.
  3. 两面派 two-faced
  我知道怎样对付两面派,而且一眼就能看出谁是一贯两面讨好的人。
  I know how to handle two-faced people and can even tell at the first glance who are in the habit of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds.
  (注:run with the hare and hunt with the hounds指人两面讨好,不得罪任何一方的做法。)
  4.傻大个儿 a lummox
  听说那个傻大个儿把他们公司的买卖搞得一团糟。
  It is said that the lummox has loused up their company's whole business.
  5. 收破烂儿的人 a rag man
  那些收破烂儿的人走街串户,有时也能挣不少钱。
  Those rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money.
  6. 乡巴佬 a hayseed
  她说她决不会嫁给一个乡巴佬,不管他多有钱。
  She insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed, no matter how rich he was.
  7. 不三不四的人riff-raffs
  彼得的家里总来些不三不四的人,可想而知彼得不是什么好东西。
  There are always riff-raffs hanging around in Peter's home, which gives you the feeling that Peter is not a good guy.
  8. 受气包儿 doormat
  她天生就是个受气包儿,什么事都不敢说个不字。
  She's born doormat, afraid of going against anything.
  9. 面无表情的人 a deadpan
  和那些面无表情的人在一起工作真让人憋气。
  You feel choked to work with those deadpans.
  10. 扫帚星 a jinx
  有人说那个女人是个扫帚星,谁跟她结婚谁倒霉。
  She's said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries.
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