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A: Did you hear that Mary’s marriage is on the rocks?

你聽說了嗎，瑪麗的婚姻要破裂了。

B: So I hear.

我聽說了。

A: Yesterday I met Mary, and she told me her husband often made pass at his secretary.

昨天我遇到了瑪麗，她說他丈夫總是和他的秘書調(diào)情。

B: After all the crises they have survived together, her husband should do such things. She must feel that she’s been stabbed in the back.

在經(jīng)歷了這么多苦難之后，她的丈夫竟然做出這樣的事情?，旣愐欢ㄊ潜徽煞蛟诒成洗塘艘坏丁?/P>

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第一、地道短語

stab in the back

1 解詞釋義

此語也可以用作stab somebody in the back，其字面意思是“在某人背上捅了一刀”，比喻為“暗中使壞”或“暗地里下毒手”。

2 支持范例

I was very hurt when Jane made those stupid remarks about me. I had not expected a stab in the back from her.

珍妮說了那些關(guān)于我的傻話令我很傷心。我沒想到她會背后說人壞話。

Such a vicious lie is nothing but a stab in the back.

這種惡毒的謊言完全是暗箭傷人。

I was taken aback and didn't think Mary would stab me in the Back. I placed too much trust in her.

我萬萬沒有想到Mary會在背后捅我一刀，我過去太信任她。

第二、詞海拾貝

1. on the rocks：毀壞，破產(chǎn)

e.g. Their marriage has been on the rocks for a couple of months.

他們的婚姻觸礁好幾個月了,已經(jīng)瀕于破裂。

e.g. Did she have a hunch that my business is going on the rocks?

她是不是預(yù)感到我的生意要垮臺？

2. make pass at sb.：對某人作非禮舉動；(對某人)勾引；(向某人)調(diào)情

e.g. Men seldom make pass at girls who wear glasses.

男人很少會向戴眼鏡的姑娘們下手調(diào)情。

e.g. When I fond that a stranger began to make pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

當(dāng)一個陌生男子開始向我調(diào)情時，我瞪了他一眼就離開了。

第三、 口語句型

Sb should do something.

釋義：某人竟然做某事。

講解：should在這里的意思是“竟然”。

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