美国电影电视中口语.doc

美国电影电视中口语--习惯用语和俚语
- We saw a lot of billboards advertising local shops and restaurants when we drove through the town.

(名词)用来做室外广告的大牌子, 广告牌

- are you an item now? 你们现在是一对吗?

- It takes a lot of grit to be a social worker. 做社工需要很大的勇气。

- As long as I can still draw my breath, as long as there is still one ounce of dignity in my blood, I will live by myself and take care of myself. (我很喜欢这句--摘自 The king of Queens (注：QUEENS 是纽约市的一个区， 自己领会噢)

- Don't keep your feelings bottled up. (别把什么心事都藏在心里  )

- You smell expensive. (你看起来很高贵？)

- Oh, good eye. (噢，好眼力)

- She will take away your breath. (她会让你非常惊讶的 (因她的才能或美貌 ))

- My life is at stake. 我的生命危在旦夕。

- I couldn't have asked for a better going away present. 我不能要求更好的离别礼物 (这是我收到的最好的离别礼物)

- Would you like to grab a bite with me. 你愿意和我一起吃饭吗？

-I can't stand a bunch of guys picking on one guy. 我看不惯很多人和起来欺负一个人

- He is big on family。 他把家庭看的很重。

- I will not let so many things get to me. 我不会让这么多的事影响我的。

- Follow my lead. 跟我来。

-  Sorry, that was my bad, I promise it won't happen again.

my bad (片语)我的错, 用于承认错误的话，表示道歉
- That new Mercedes is a sweet car.

sweet (形容词)好的，有趣的,可爱的
- This year, all my visits in China will be cold calls.
cold call (名词)意外访问, 拜访以前从未见过的人，或给预期的客户打电话，希望能够卖些东西给他们

- This new music album is the bomb; it is too good to be true.
the bomb (名词)非常好的，最好的, 好的没得说
- His parents are too tight-fisted! They never spend a cent.
tight-fisted: (形容词) 过份节俭的。 very frugal; unwilling to spend money unnecessarily.

- I am not a tightwad.
tightwad: (名词) 吝啬鬼 someone who is very frugal and unwilling to spend money unnecessarily.

-          I have taken the raunchy pictures out. Rated PG-13 for content. 我已经去掉所有的淫秽相片。 现在的内容是PG-13 (老少皆宜)。 Rated PG-13的反义是Rated-R (有些画面少儿不宜)。 这两词通常用于电影业。每部电影EITHER Rated ”PG-13“ OR “Rated-R”。

- Beautiful young girls are too high maintenance.
high maintenance (形容词)难对付

- He has been divorced for two years, so he's desperate to get laid.
get laid同别人睡觉,(片语)发生性关系

- I've got to go home to have some face time with my parents.
face time(名词)与某人当面交谈的时间

- If you quote me, I will deny it. 如果你说那是我说的，我决不会承认的。

- You've got spunk.
Spunk = courage

- Fall back! They are in front of us. Damn it! We are cut off. (我们被包围了)

- Surrender now and you will be shown mercy. 现在投降吧，争取从轻发落.

- I will take your word for it. 我相信你说的话。(不要求证据或去特意证实真实性)

- Negotiate with my co-rulers.

- The die is cast.
A decision has been made or an action taken which cannot be changed or gone back on.

- big time
1) (名词)the high level of success. (I reached the big time in my career when I was promoted to the VP position.)
2) big-time
(形容词)outstanding, extravagant (We had a big-time party last weekend.)
3)big-time
(形容词) (used in underworld) felonious. (The gang did a big-time job and got away with it.)

- In a cold sweat
in a state of fear.

- ditch
1) (动词) to dispose or abandon someone or something. (I ditched my car on the road and walked home when it broke down.
2)(动词) to skip or evade (You ditched class today.)

- You make me look bad. (你让我好没面子)。 通常用在这样的情形下：某人不断邀请你出去做某是，你不断拒绝人家，他/她会说You make me look bad.
- Don't let this job walk over your life. 别让这个工作控制了你的生活。(这里walk over有虐待，利用的，被控制的意思)
-  Even though we are not too crazy about white wine, we like to keep a bottle around to pull teeth sometimes. 我们并不是太钟情于白酒，但我们还是喜欢在家保留一两瓶，随时打打牙祭。
- We are having a beer run. 我们将要举办一个啤酒聚会。
- I want my cut of the insurance money. 我要我应得的那份保险赔偿金。 这里cut 是(应得的) 份额。
- Why are you so vegged out today? How could you do such a thing?你今天好象神智不清(有问题)，你怎么能做出这种事来。 vegged out 原意是酒醉，或磕药，吸毒后出现的神智不清的状态。(being intoxicated either by drinking or taking drugs).
- I never was the one for talkings. 我从来就不是个谈判的人。 (这句话不知如何翻译， 意思是说我只用武力解决问题，不是靠谈判解决问题)

-          Easy now
=take it easy, or easy does it.

- over my dead body
You won't be able to do something if I am alive to prevent it. Prevent something from happening.

You can quit school over my dead body.
"Not over my dead body will he take away your money." The police officer say.

- This is really a phat house.

Phat (形容词)非常好或吸引人的. 漂亮的。

- I have pretty positive vibes toward this idea.

Vibe (名词)感觉、直觉、前兆

- out of it
(形容词)一种做梦般的精神状态，脱离实际的情况。 心不在焉 He seemed really out of it in this morning's meeting.

- kickback
(名词) 给别人某些帮助以换取的金钱, 回佣, 回扣

- I give mad props to that guy, he's the greatest, I respect him.

Props (名词)极力赞扬，尊敬，褒扬

- The price finally started leveling off.

level off (动词)某种东西停止攀升或下降

- wiped out
(形容词) Completely distroyed, destroyed financially.
The Jewish were almost wiped out in Germany during wartime.
I was nearly wiped out when the market went south.

- beat the bushes
(动词) 拐弯抹角，脱离主题
Please stop beating the bushes. Come on, just tell me what you want.

-  snag
(名词) a difficulty.
This is such a snag.

two other meanings.
1) (形容词) ugly.
2) (动词) to steal something.

- You've brought this on yourself. 这是你自找的。
- You really faked us out. 我们真得被你给骗了
- He kept flipping through channels. 他不停地(用摇控)转换电视频道.
- Knock yourself out. 请随便。自己看着办。(如， 有人到客人暂住你家，你对他说这句话。就是你别客气，随便些，把这当作你的家就好了)
- Don't sass me. 别和我斗嘴
- She is playing image award. 她是假装的，她在演戏。 等同于(she is faking it)
- You look a little extra today. 你今天看起来真的很不错。 (指衣著打扮)
- She has secured her purpose. 她以经达到她的目的了。
- This is gonna jog your memory. (do or say something to help you remember) 这可能能让你恢复记忆。采自例子，对某人逼供，他不肯说。逼供者把他琐在车尾箱，然后开动车，一直后退撞击一颗树, 嘴里说着I think this is gonna jog your memory.直到被逼供着投降为止。
- You can't shaft me. 你不能欺(诈)骗我。
meaning of shaft 1). verb. cheat, swindle, screw to do wrong to someone
2). noun. a bad deal or unfair treatment, eg., Thanks a lot! You really gave me the shaft.
- He is bent, but I don't know how bent he is. 他这人不可靠，不过我也不清楚他到底不诚实到什么程度。(没法抓到他的把柄)
meaning of bent. 1) adjective. dishonest or crooked (which is the case we just talked)
2)adjective. alcohol or drug intoxicated (After swallowing several glasses of Long Island Ice Tea (a type of cocktail), he is too bent to walk home)
3)adjective. angry (Don't get bent on what I said. You know I was just kidding.)
- I wanna rip out your throat. 我要掐断你的脖子？
- I wish I would have seen his face. 真想看到他当时(狼狈)的样子。
- What do we have? A flat? 怎么啦，爆胎了？ (flat 后省略tire)
- Sorry, I fouled up again.(对不起，这次又搞砸了
- Wait up! 等等
- I just have some bad vibes. 我有不祥的感觉。
- Forget you. 你算了你吧， 你少来啦 (？)
- He is up for grabs. And he is fair game. (采自例子，当两个女人争夺一个男人时。其一说： 他还是单身，每个人都有权追求他)
meaning of "up for grabs" --something which is free and available to anyone.
meaning of "fair game"---legal to hunt or shoot or criticize. A beautiful, unmarried girl is fair game for pursuit.
- It will do. 这样行， 可以。(？)
- Please make it fast 请快些。 or But make it fast.

-          He's trying to score some brownie points with his wife by staying home and doing the dishes every night.
欢心
(名词)因做了好事而得到的认可或赞扬

- I crashed on the couch last night.
(动词) 原形 clash = sleep

- I would go postal if that happened to me.
(片语)发疯一样. 发疯，通常用暴力损坏财物或人身

- basket case (名词)精神病人
- mack (名词)万人迷. (usually a male)

- buff
(形容词)肌肉非常结实的

- He will make a great restaurant host since he's such a schmoozer.
(名词) 很会聊天或交谈的人

- He was late again? That bites.
(片语)品质低下的，让人不愉快的

- killer
(形容词)非常好或吸引人的

- flick.
(名词)电影

- This is all getting too stressful, let's get some beer and chill out at your place.
(动词)放松，停止工作

- No one wants to be a geek like him.
(名词)在社交场合中举止不雅或不受欢迎的人.

- Who is the top banana of this bank.
(名词) the head; the person in charge; the boss

- I am wrapping up the report. It should be ready in ten minutes.
(动词) wrap up--completing a task

- It is too late to change your mind now. We have signed the contract and it is a done deal.
(名词) something settled and can’t be changed.

- My DRAM is running low. (My memory is no good.)
(名词) 记忆力；记忆。DRAM is a type of memory in semiconductor field. Here means human memory.

- Me think not.
(句子) I don’t think so
18. You are such a brain sucker. Since when, all my original ideas become yours.
(名词) Someone who steals other people’s ideas

- Greenback
(名词) 美元

- See you girls soon.
(名词) 泛指所有年龄阶段的女性 (表亲密，尊重，不过我总觉得有些奉承的意思)