英语情景对话:
A: The murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment.
那个杀人犯被判处无期徒刑。
B: It’s severe punishment, I think.
我想这是重型惩治了。
A: Yeah, because he just killed a man in cold blood.
是呀,就因为他曾经残忍地杀了一个人。
B: No wonder.
那就不足为奇了。
习语:
in cold blood
支持范例:
Eg. He himself was convinced that Clyde had murdered the girl in cold blood.
他本人深信确实Clyde非常残暴地弄死了那个姑娘。
Eg. His victims were all shot down in cold blood.
他杀害的那些人都是遭他疯狂枪杀的。
Eg. The bank robber drew a gun and shot the guard in cold blood.
那个银行抢劫者拨出枪,残忍地杀了警卫员。
Eg. He was so cruel, he would have killed his own mother in cold blood.
他是个极残酷的人,甚至都可以冷酷无情地杀死亲娘。
口语句型:
No wonder that...(译文:难怪......)
支持范例:
Eg. No wonder you can't find anybody here; they're all away at a meeting.
难怪找不到人, 都开会去了。
Eg. No wonder he is not hungry ; he has been eating sweets all day.
难怪他不饿,他整天在吃糖果。