中秋佳节如约而至啦!新航道小编在这先问一下各位考鸭宝宝们:
每年的这个时候我们都会吃月饼、赏月,这时月亮总是被赋予各种意义,包括寄托对亲人、家乡的思念,还有对时光流逝的感叹等等。那么在英语中与月亮相关的习语有哪些?跟你想象的意思是否一样?
下面新航道南京雅思培训机构小编就把这些习语通通送给你~
学会之后还能在雅思口语中使用,给你的回答增添不少亮点,语言变得更加地道,让考官听了都两眼放光,心里对你连连称赞!
与月亮有关的习语
moon over sb.
译义:因痴迷某人或某物而出神;痴痴地思念爱人。例句:She sits mooning over his photograph for hours.
ask for the moon
译义:想做办不到的事情,或想要得不到的东西。例句:There's no point in asking for the moon.
over the moon
译义:形容一个人十分开心、欣喜若狂。
例句:She's over the moon about her new job.
many moons ago
译义:相当于 long time ago,意为“很久以前”。
例句:I weighed no more than him at that age, but that was many moons ago.
moon about
译义:闲逛、消磨时光,尤其指无精打采、无所事事地逛。
例句:He loved to moon about the harbour(港口;海港) and talk to the natives.
promise sb. the moon
译义:向某人作无法兑现的承诺。例句:Sam promised Mary the moon before they married, but it’s now been five years and they haven’t even been abroad.
aim at the moon
译义:形容野心很大。
例句:He shouldn't aim at the moon. Such a goal is impossible to achieve.
as changeable as the moon
译义:形容像月亮一样善变,反复无常。
例句:She is as changeable as the moon.
once in a blue moon
译义:指遇到不可能出现或非常罕见的事情,形容遇到的情况是难得的、破天荒的、千载难逢的。
例句:It snows here once in a blue moon.
shoot for the moon
译义:指设定一个非常高的目标,试图实现非常困难的事情。
例句:If you don't shoot for the moon, you'll never know what can be yours.
bark at the moon
译义:形容“说了也白说”;枉费唇舌。
例句:Telling her that smoking is bad is just barking at the moon.
moon away
译义:虚度、荒废时光。
例句:Too many children just moon away in front of their computers or televisions during the summertime.
cast beyond the moon
译义:想象不可能发生的事。
例句:The school guidance counselor(辅导员;咨询老师) encourages all of his students to cast beyond the moon when thinking about their future.
the moon is made of green cheese
译义:用于表达某件事荒唐、愚蠢到极点,强调不相信这件事。例句:Tom claims he's descended from Napoleon Bonaparte(拿破仑·波拿巴), and the moon is made of cheese.
go beyond the moon and the milkman
译义:一夜之间逃离。(其中moon代表夜晚,milkman代表早晨。)
例句:Joe went between the moon and the milkman. He was here after dinner but he's gone this morning.
the man in the moon
译义:假想的人;脱离现实的人。
例句:He knows nothing, just like the man in the moon.
好啦,给大家介绍的习语就到这里!不过,新航道南京雅思培训机构小编还要提醒你一下,这些习语通常都是非正式用语,可以用在口语表达里,但是最好不要用在雅思写作中使用,可能会降低文章的学术性。
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