點滴英語天天學第214期:雅思詞彙(53)
1.表述：help a lame dog over a stile
釋義：To help or assist someone in need in some fundamental or basic way. （幫人度過難關）
例句：He has so much money that it would be no effort at all for him to help a lame dog over a stile, but the man is adamant that not a penny of his fortune be used toward charity of any kind.
他有那麼多的錢，對他來說，幫助他人度過難關是一點不費勁的，但是這個人堅持不把他的一分錢用於任何慈善事業。
He always helps a lame dog over a stile, that was his boast.
他總是對有困難的人幫一把，這是他引以爲豪的事。
2. 表述：dog it
釋義：To be lazy; to loaf or shirk duty; to fail to put forth the effort necessary to achieve or accomplish something. （懶惰，敷衍了事，吊兒郎當）
例句：Jim became totally disheartened after losing his job and has been dogging it around the house for the past month.
吉姆丟了工作後變得完全灰心喪氣，過去一個月一直在家的周圍無所事事。
I hate my job, so I just dog it in the office until it's time to go home.
我討厭我的工作，所以我就在辦公室裏敷衍了事地幹到該回家的時候。
I once had dreams of going to med school, but I dogged it during my last two years in college and can't get in anywhere now.
我曾經有上醫學院的夢想，但是在大學的最後兩年我吊兒郎當的，現在我哪兒也進不去。
3. 表述：dog-tired
釋義：Exhausted.（精疲力盡的）
例句：I'm always dog-tired after a day at the amusement park.
在遊樂園玩了一天之後，我總是筋疲力盡。
Mom was dog-tired and needed a nap before dinner.
媽媽累極了，晚飯前需要小睡一會兒。
I' m dog-tired. The baby woke up three times in the night.
我累壞了，孩子夜裏醒了三次。
He was perfectly dog-tired and they were careful not to rouse him.
他完全疲憊不堪了，他們也就想盡辦法不要把他吵醒。
