A: Between you and me and the post, Tom will promoted to be a division director.
这些话就在我们私下里说说,Tom快要提升为处长了。
B: Really? He came here just a few year ago.
真的吗?他来这儿不过几年。
A: Yeah, he has some important relation with above. In some way, he works very hard.
对呀,他和上面有些关系。再说,他工作也很努力。
B: He’s a lucky man in a word.
总之一句话,他是个幸运的人。
习语:
between you and me:你知我知,私下里说
解词释义:
这个隐喻用以形容夫妻之间的床头私语。现在转义指某些话要守秘密,不得外传。此语也可以做between ourselves。
支持范例:
Eg. It's between you and me, or I'll have to sack you.
保守秘密,否则我不得不开除你。
Eg. It's only between you and me and the gatepost. I hear that the manager is on very familiar terms with that girl
我只私下跟你随便说说,听说经理跟那个女孩儿的关系可不一般。
Eg. Between you and me, Howard is a stick.
咱俩私下说说,霍华德是个呆头呆脑的人。
Eg. Between you and me he's rather dishonest.
这话只跟你说,不要外传,我看他相当不老实。
英语学习笔记:
1. have relation with:和......有关系
Eg. Personal genre have an inseparable relation with local cultures.
个人唱腔流派地域文化有着密不可分的关系。
Eg. The trend of the latest fashion design have no relation with which color is out or which style is in the fashion.
最新的时尚设计潮流与什么颜色过时或什么风格入时根本没有关系。
2. in a word:总而言之
Eg. In a word, practice is far more important than book knowledge.
一句话,实践远比书本知识重要。
Eg. In a word, Sophia was in love with him to distraction.
简单一句话,苏菲亚爱他爱得神魂颠倒了。
Eg. In a word, George had thrown the great cast. He was going to be married.
总而言之,乔治不顾一切,准备结婚了。
Eg. In a word, we should solve this problem ourselves.
一句话,我们应该自己来解决那个问题。