點滴英語天天學第296期:雅思詞彙(136)

1. Expression: have it bad for someone

Explanation: have意指有，it意指戀情，bad意指相戀程度深過了頭；to have it bad for someone指對某人眷戀得不可收拾，喻指對某人情真意切而不可自拔，對某人一片癡情，對某人一往情深。

Example: Jim confessed that he had it bad for Lucy, and worst of all, he couldn’t help thinking of her all day long.

吉姆坦白他深深地愛戀着露茜，而且最糟糕的是他禁不住終日思念着她。

He had it bad for her, though she was indifferent.

他對她是滿懷癡情，然而她卻漠然處之。

There's no reason why Mary shouldn't have it bad for someone else. Nobody should interfere.

沒有理由讓Mary不能對別人一片癡情，誰也不能干涉她的情感。

2. Expression: have it both ways

Explanation: To have both of two incompatible things. （同時兼顧兩種不相容的事情，兩者兼顧，左右逢源）

Example：I know you love ice cream, but you can't eat it every day and lose weight—you just can't have it both ways.

我知道你喜歡冰淇淋，但你不能每天都吃又在減肥——你不可能兩全其美。

John wants the security of marriage and the freedom of being single. He wants to have it both ways.

約翰既想要婚姻的安全感又想要單身的自由感，他想兩全其美。

You 'll have to decide whether you want to stay with your sister or you want to go on holiday. You can not have it both ways.

你必須決定是跟姐姐在家還是去度假，你不能兩件事情都去做。

If you are really in love with your wife, you should be in support of her and leave it alone that you are always holding different ideas. You can’t have it both ways.

如果你要是真愛你的妻子，你不要在乎你們總是持有不同的想法而應該去支持她的想法，你總不能兩者兼顧吧。

3. Expression: know one’s numbers

Explanation: To understand or know someone or something well enough to anticipate what they will do. （知道某人的底細，知道某人的真面目）

Example: A: Actually I don’t want to get in her hair.

實際上，我並不想惹她生氣。

B: That sounds more like it. You cannot always enrage your wife. By the way, do you think she knows your past?

這還差不多，你不能總是惹老婆生氣。順便問一聲，她知道你的過去嗎？

A: My past?

我的過去？

B: Well, you don’t need to lie to me. I just warn you if she happens to know your numbers and she might depart from you.

嗯，你沒有必要對我隱瞞。我知道想提醒你——如果她知道了你的底細，或許會離開你的。

A: I know what you mean. But she’ll never have the chance to know about it.

我知道你的意思，但是她沒有機會知道那一切的。