點滴英語天天學第207期:雅思詞彙(46)

1.表述：eat one’s hat

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釋義：To do something extraordinary. （我的名字倒着寫，我把腦袋給你，我就跟你姓）

例句：I’ll eat my hat if our advertisement actually brings us a president.

如果我們的廣告真能給我們帶來一位總統，我的名字就倒着寫。

Kevin is always late, so if he actually shows up on time, I'll eat my hat.

凱文老是遲到，要是他真能準時到的話，我把腦袋給你。

Michigan has a great football team this fall. If we do not win the national championship this year, I'll eat my hat.

密執安大學今年秋天絕對會有一個非常強的足球隊。要是我們今年不能獲得全國足球賽冠軍的話，我就跟你姓。

I'd eat my hat if I had disclosed the news to her.

如果我把這消息泄露給她的話，我把我的腦袋給你。

2.表述：early bird

釋義： Someone who arrives early to an event. （捷足先登者）

例句：There were some early birds who arrived before the party was set to start.

聚會開始前，就有一些早起的人到了。

The early birds get the best seats.

早到的人得到最好的座位。

釋義2：A person who gets up early. （起牀起得早的人）

例句：I never miss sunrise. I'm an early bird.

我從不錯過日出，因爲我是一個早起的人。

The early birds were up at dawn and ready for breakfast.

起得早的人在黎明時分就起牀準備早餐了。