《破產姐妹》口語養成之“積蓄”

pe up

【原句】Well, I will be again, as soon as I scrape up the money to pay you back. (S05E22)

【翻譯】很快又會是我，只要我攢夠錢把錢還給你們。

【場景】Han被Caroline和Max用保險金贖了回來，以餐廳部分股權作爲交換，現在Caroline和Max算是餐廳老闆之一。對着進店的她們，Earl聽到消息也爲她們高興，而Han貌似不太願意接受多個老闆的事實。

【講解】

scrape up 湊集；積蓄；積攢。

scrape sth/sb together/up 勉強湊足（尤指金錢）；艱難找到。= to manage with great difficulty to collect enough of something, especially money, or to find the things or people that you need

scrape verb (SUCCEED) 勉強獲得；艱難達到。= to succeed in getting or achieving something, but with difficulty or by a very small amount

【例句】

Do you think we can scrape up a team for Saturday?

你認爲我們可以湊起一支球隊參加星期六的比賽嗎？

Her grades weren't great, but she scraped into university.

她的分數不高，但是勉強進入了大學。

pit stains

【原句】The pit stains are vintage. (S06E01)

【翻譯】污漬還是做舊風呢。

【場景】第六季破產姐妹上線，打開Han餐廳門，Caroline跟Max心情大好地說着，嶄新的我們穿着嶄新的二手衣服，污漬還是做舊風。

【講解】

vintage ①adjective (HIGH QUALITY)，（尤指過去某個時期）最佳的，最典型的，經典的。②adjective (WINE)，（酒）佳釀的，上等的，標明釀製年份的。

如a vintage comic book 經典的漫畫書；vintage champagne 上等香檳。

stain noun污漬；污點。a blood/grass stain血污／草漬。

pit noun [C] (PLACE/AREA)，= a large hole in the ground, or a slightly low area in any surface 坑；麻子，痘瘢。

【例句】

This film is vintage (= has the best characteristics typical of films made by) Disney.

這是一部經典的迪斯尼影片。

You can remove a red wine stain from a carpet by sprinkling salt over it.

地毯上紅酒的污漬可以通過撒些鹽來清除。

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