《破產姐妹》口語養成之“虛驚一場”

r in

【原句】She's usually not covered in this much sweat. (S0520)

【翻譯】她通常不會這麼大汗淋漓。

【場景】Caroline緊跑慢跑到了Randy與合夥人見面的餐廳，作爲Max的合夥人出席這個聚餐。在到達場地後，Caroline出於禮貌對各位說了聲抱歉與詢問就餐情況，之後Randy又幫她說明情況。

【講解】

cover in vt.遮蓋住（填滿）。

cover verb[ T ]蓋上；覆蓋；遮蓋；遮蔽。= to put or spread something over something, or to lie on the surface of something

擴展cover yourself in/with glory功成名就；取得很大成功；贏得讚賞。= to be very successful and earn admiration

【例句】

The bandages were covered with/in blood.

鮮血浸透了繃帶。

She covered him (up) with a blanket.

她給他蓋上了毯子。

He didn't exactly cover himself with glory in his last job.

他最後做的一份工作並沒有真正讓他功成名就。

e alarm

【原句】Nope, it's cool, false alarm. (S0520)

【翻譯】不用了，沒事，虛驚一場。

【場景】Max吃不下“喙”這家時尚餐廳的料理，上了一道關於舌頭的料理，在Caroline的勸說與Randy的愛意下盡力嘗試，還是吃完有點難受，撐不住的她急忙衝向衛生間，但考慮到餐桌上的各位說了句緩解的話，依舊是撐不過去。

【講解】

false alarm noun [ C ]假警報；虛驚。= an occasion when people wrongly believe that something dangerous or unpleasant is happening or will happen

擴展false friend noun [ C ]（另一語言中的某個詞的）形近異義詞，同形異義詞，同音異義字。= a word that is often confused with a word in another language with a different meaning because the two words look or sound similar

【例句】

She thought she was pregnant, but it turned out to be a false alarm (= she was not).

她以爲自己懷孕了，但後來發現是一場虛驚。

The French word "actuellement" and the English word "actually" are false friends.

法語單詞 actuellement 和英語單詞 actually 是一對形近異義詞。

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