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#英语丰富多彩的习语#
大难不死必有后福,不管这句话是真的还是假的,我们要像珍惜时间一样珍惜自己的生命,因为它也是不可再生资源,特别是在有了死里逃生艰苦卓绝的际遇后,更应该深刻反省生命的意义,以及更加爱惜自己。
可能你在纠结如何用英语表达“死里逃生”,也就是纠结如何把 escape 和 death 联合起来,但结果可能往往是绞尽脑汁也很难找到合适的表达方式。不过可以用 narrow escape 来表示“死里逃生”,例如:
He had a narrow escape when his car skidded on the ice.
车在冰上打滑,他险些出事。
I had a narrow escape.
我是死里逃生。
对应 death 还有一个习语有“死里逃生”的意思,它就是 cheat death,常用于报章,例如:
As a racing driver, he was involved in many serious crashes and had cheated death on several occasions.
作为一名赛车手,他曾多次卷入严重车祸,多次死里逃生。
The daredevil competitors are supposed to cheat death.
那些胆大包天的竞争者被认为是死里逃生。
其实表达“死里逃生”不用那么复杂,一个简单的表达就可以恰到好处,它就是 close call,它还可以意为“幸免遇难,千钧一发,好险”,难以抉择等意思,相当于 close shave,常用于 have a close call 中,例如:
close call:
Joe had a close call when his motorbike nearly collided with a lorry.
乔的摩托车差点同卡车猛撞,他侥幸地脱险了。
It was a close call, but I managed to avoid hitting the deer that ran directly in front of my car.
真是好险啊,但我还是设法避免撞到了我车前的那只鹿。
We almost got hit by another car driving over here – it was really a close call.
我们差点被开过来的另一辆车撞了,真是死里逃生。
It was a close call for residents when a tornado swept through just west of the town.
龙卷风席卷了小镇的西面,这对当地居民来说是一个千钧一发的时刻。
That was a really close call, but the politician managed to evade doing time in prison.
真是难以抉择,但这位政治家设法规避了坐牢。
close shave:
I had a close shave this morning - some idiot almost knocked me off my bike.
今天早上我好险啊,有个白痴差点把我从自行车上撞下来。
Close call 还可以用于比赛或竞赛中,表示非常接近或难以区分结果而无法确定胜利者的比赛,可以意为“势均力敌,难分上下”等意思,意思相当于 squeak 或 too close to call,例如:
closecall:
With the two candidates having nearly equal amounts of delegates, this election is going to be a very close call.
由于两位候选人的代表人数几乎相等,这次选举将是一场势均力敌的选举。
The race was quite competitive, and the African won by such a close call.
比赛很激烈,非洲人以如此势均力敌的优势获胜。
squeak:
We squeaked into the final with a goal in the last minute.
我们靠最后一分钟的入球侥幸进入决赛。
In spite ofa dismal record at school, she narrowly squeaked into design school.
尽管在学校的成绩很糟糕,她还是勉强进入了设计学校。
too close to call:
The result is going to be too close to call.
双方实力非常接近,因此结果无法预料。
In the Senate, the count is too close to call at this point.
参议院现在的票数还难分上下。
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