逍遥学能 2017-11-22 19:47
feel free
用:允许别人做某事,让他不要感到拘束时的用语。
意:你请便!你随便!别客气!别拘束!
例,Just feel free to come and go when you like.
您来去自由,请别构束。
A: May I use your bathroom?
我能用你的卫生间吗?
B: Feel free!
请便!
I must (I've got to) fly.
意:我得走了;我必须走了(因有其他要紧的事)
例:I wish we could have finished the discussion, but I must fly.
真希望我们能讨论完,可是我得马上走了。
I've got to fly-a friend is waiting for me in his car outside.
我得走了,有个朋友在外面车子里等我呢!
a feather in his( her)cap
意:值得夸耀(骄傲)的事;卓越的成就;荣誉的标志
例:If he clinches this deal, that'll really be the feather in his cap!
如果他能做成这笔交易,那才真正值得他骄傲呢!
It was a real feather in his cap for the new teacher when he was made head of the English department.
被任命为英语系主任,这对那位新教师来说真是件值得骄傲的事。