點滴英語天天學第170期:雅思詞彙(9)
1.表述：the apple of one’s eyes
釋義：A cherished or favored person. （掌上明珠，最喜歡的人，最珍惜的人）
例句：He has five kids, but his only daughter is clearly the apple of his eye.
他有五個孩子，但他唯一的女兒顯然是他的掌上明珠。
He told her that she was the apple of his eye, that she was wound around his heartstrings.
他告訴她，她是他的掌上明珠，是他的心頭肉。
The black currant trees were the apple of Joseph's eye.
這些果樹是約瑟夫的寶貝。
John regarded the gold ring left by his dead wife as the apple of his eye.
約翰把他亡妻留下的這隻金戒指視爲珍寶。
2.表述：apple of discord
釋義：Something that causes unhappiness or trouble.（禍根）
例句：That prom dress has been their apple of discord—they've been fighting over who gets to wear it for days now!
那件愚蠢的舞會禮服一直是他們爭論的焦點——他們已經爲誰能穿它爭論了好幾天了!
Why aren't you talking to Mary Beth? What is the apple of discord here?
你爲什麼不和Mary Beth說話？你們不和的原因是什麼？
The right to inherit the large estate became the apple of discord among the three brothers.
大筆地產繼承權成了三兄弟紛爭的起因。
The use of the car was an apple of discord between Jack and his wife.
誰可使用這輛汽車，乃傑克和太太爭吵的原因。
