點滴英語天天學第251期:雅思詞彙(91)
1. 詞彙：big cheese
釋義：Someone who has an important and powerful position in an organization. （大人物）
例句：Maire is undoubtedly the big cheese of the Jura wine producers.
Maire無疑是汝拉葡萄酒生產商的重要人物。
Several big cheeses from the State Department attended the conference.
國務院的幾位重要官員出席了會議。
Here’s a note from the big cheese telling me to come in for a chat.
這是一位大人物給我的一張便條，讓我進來跟他談一談。
Jacob thinks he's a big cheese now that he's been promoted to assistant manager.
雅各布被提升爲經理助理，他覺得自己是個大人物。
2. 詞彙：clam up
釋義：To keep or become silent or withhold information. （據不開口，隱瞞信息，保持沉默）
例句：You can't talk with those peasants. They can clam up as well as the Foreign Office.
你不能跟那些農民談話。他們象外交部一樣，可能一點口氣也不漏。
You should not clam up on him.
你不應該拒絕跟他談話。
He always clam up when we ask him about his family.
我們一問到他的家庭時, 他總是閉口不言。
Will you clam up? The boss is talking.
請你保持安靜? 老闆在說話。
3. 詞彙：couch potato
釋義：A lazy person whose recreation consists chiefly of watching television and videos. （電視迷）
例句：The elder son is a bookworm while the younger one is a couch potato.
大兒子是個書蟲，而小兒子則是個電視迷。
He is such a couch potato on weekends and doesn’t do his homework.
他一到週末就成天看電視看個不停，不寫作業。
My father is a couch potato. My mother is always angry with him but he doesn't care.
我爸爸是個電視迷。我媽媽總是生他的氣，但他不在乎。
Sometimes, after a really hard week at school, I collapse and want to be a couch potato at home.
有時候，一個星期在學校唸書實在很累了，回家想不停看電視。
