點滴英語天天學第299期:雅思詞彙(139)
1. Expression：he-man
Explanation：A particularly strong, tough, and virile male. （特別強壯，不屈不撓的，有男子漢氣概的男人）
Example：Janet's always dated these he-men, so there's no way she'd be interested in a scrawny guy like me.
因爲珍妮特總是和這些魁梧的男子漢約會，所以她對我這樣一個骨瘦如柴的男人不可能感興趣。
A: The newcomer of our company is such a he-man that lots of girls have eyes for him.
公司新來的人是如此一位有魅力的男人，以至於很多女孩都垂青於他。
B: Yeah, I agree. He is the enemy of us all.
是的，我同意，他是我們的公敵。
2. Expression ：hide one’s fin
Explanation：深藏不露，不露聲色
Example：Hide your fin whenever you go to a new environment so that they won’t know how stupid you are.
無論你到任何一個新的環境，你都要深藏不露，這樣別人纔不會知道你有多傻。
Helen is an excellent pianist but she tends to hide her fin, not playing in public.
海倫是一位出色的鋼琴家，但是她傾向於深藏不露，不願在公開場合演奏。
Holly was adept at hiding her fin and all had seemed to go quite well.
好麗素來能夠不露聲色，所以表面上一切還是處得很好。
3. Expression：high maintenance
Explanation：難以伺候的人，難以對付的人
Example：Mary is a so high mantinance. She gets upset if Tom doesn't call her every day. And if Tom takes her out to eat, it has to be to a very expensive restaurant or she'll complain. It is hard for Tom to keep her happy.
Mary是個難以伺候的人——如果湯姆不每天給瑪麗打電話，她就會心煩意亂。如果他帶她出去吃飯，一定要去很貴的餐廳，否則她會抱怨的。湯姆很難使她高興。
A: Mum, I am determined to marry Jane. 媽媽，我決定和Jane結婚。
B: Don’t be fool. A pretty girl as he is, Jane is a high maintenance girl and you cannot afford to marry her. 別傻了，像Jane這樣漂亮的女孩是很難伺候的，你根本娶不起她。
