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IDIOM 成語. PHRASE 片語. PROVERB 諺語. By Rose Wang 王秀鶯 ( 靖淳 ). Time 時間 Attitudes 態度 Personalities 特質. Contents. T ime. Wait…. Hold your horses ! 等一下 ; 別急 例 : Hold your horses! Let him finish first. 等一下 ! 先讓他說完。 同 : wait a minute/moment/second Take it easy. 放輕鬆 be patient 別急
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IDIOM 成語 PHRASE 片語 PROVERB諺語 By Rose Wang王秀鶯 (靖淳)
Time時間 Attitudes態度 Personalities特質 Contents
Wait… • Hold your horses! 等一下;別急 例: Hold your horses! Let him finish first. 等一下!先讓他說完。 同:wait a minute/moment/second Take it easy.放輕鬆 be patient 別急 • In good time 一下子;很快地 例: “In good time; be patient.” 馬上就可以了,有耐心一點
At last 最後;總算;終於 例:At last, John asked Rose to marry him.終於, John向Rose求婚了。 • At first最初;起初同in the beginning • in the end 最後 • Sooner or later遲早;早晚 例:The traffic is heavy, but sooner or later, we will get there. Be patient. • At once馬上 ; 同時 例: I can’t do two things at once. 我不能同時做兩件事
On time準時地 (指at the scheduled time在預定的時間) • In time及時 • Ahead of time提早 • Punctually準時地 • In a hurry 急忙地(同 in a rush) • In no hurry 從容不迫地
call it a day今天到此為止 ; (回家)休息 例:It’s getting late; let’s call it a day. • time flies時間似箭 例: We’ve already been at work for two hours?!My, how time flies! 我們己經工作兩個小時了?!天啊,時間過得可真快!
Be pressed for time趕時間 例:We’re pressed for time; we’d better hurry. 應用: pressed for answers 急於獲得解答的 例: We were pressed for answers to our problem. 我們急需問題的解答 • High time早該….了 例:It’s high time we sat down and discussed this matter. 我們早該做下來討論這件事了
At your own pace照你的步調 例:Computer software for learning English is useful because students can work at their own pace. 學習英文的電腦軟體之所以有用,是因 為學生可依自己的進度來學習。 • Stick around在某處(等候某人到來) 例: I don’t want to leave; I’m going to stick around for a while. 我不想走,我還要再多待一會兒。
Attitudes 態度
Attitudes • On the ball 能幹的;專注的 • Head in the clouds心不在焉;作白日夢 • Not playing with a full deck 精神不正常 • With it 機靈的 not with in反應遲頓的 • Have (one’s) head together 頭腦清楚 • Head-strong頑固的 • Open-minded 明理的;無偏見的 • Hign-minded思想高尚的 • Feeble-minded意志薄弱的 • Narrow-minded心胸狹窄的
Personalities • A night person 夜貓子 • A dog person 愛狗人士 • A coffee person 愛喝咖啡的人 • A morning person 早起的人 • A working mom 上班工作的母親 • Down-to-earth務實的;老實的 • Have(one’s)head in the clouds不切實際 • Stay up late敖夜 • Life of the party團體中的核心人物