迷你對話學地道口語第598期:對......心存希望

Subject：You don’t have a prayer of beating your opponents.

迷你對話

A: My opponent has the experience of studying abroad. So English is a piece of cake for him.

我的對手有留學的經驗。英語對於他是小菜一碟。

B: Well, you don’t have a prayer of beating your opponents.

你對擊敗對方的希望落空了。

地道表達

have a prayer

1. 解詞釋義

此語中的prayer是指“禱告，祈願”。當遇到困難的時候，人們可能會以禱告的方式獲得幫助。Have a prayer的意思是“對......心存希望”“祈求某事成真”。那麼not have a prayer的意思則爲“希望落空”“沒有希望”。

2. 拓展例句

Eric does not have a prayer of passing the math exam today.

Eric想這是數學考試及格的希望落空了。

John did not have a prayer of making love with Jane.

John想和Jane做愛的希望落空了。

I did not have a prayer of getting promoted this time.

這次升職的希望落空了。

Ps：study abroad的意思是“留學”， a piece of cake是俚語，意思是“很簡單”“小菜一碟”。