迷你對話學地道口語第593期:放鬆

Subject：I want to go on holiday and wind down.

迷你對話

A: Holiday is coming at last. I want to go on holiday and wind down. What is your opinion?

假期終於要來了，我想度假放鬆一下了，你認爲如何？

B: Good idea.

好主意。

地道表達

wind down

1. 解詞釋義

Wind down的意思是“放鬆一下”。Wind既可以做名詞，也可以做動詞。作爲動詞，它的意思時候“上發條，蜿蜒，纏繞”的意思。Wind down即把發條取下來，停下來休息一下，引申爲“放鬆一下，放鬆”的意思，這樣表達很形象生動。

2. 例句拓展

e.g. I felt tense, but now I' m beginning to wind down.

我本來感到緊張，可是現在開始放鬆了。

e.g. The staff members need to wind down after their work.

員工上完班後都應該好好休息放鬆一下。

e.g. This year has been frantically busy for us I need a holiday just to wind down.

今年我們忙得要命--我需要有一段假期放鬆一下。

Ps：go on holiday是“度假”的意思。例如：

The foreign teachers are busy preparing to go on holiday.

外籍教師正忙着準備休假。

It's rather tough on him falling ill just as he's about to go on holiday.

他正要去度假卻生病了, 真倒黴。

She hates working-She's going to pack it in and go on holiday.

她討厭工作—她打算不幹了去度假。