英语俚语习语小对话(534) 令大吃一惊,吓一大跳

令大吃一惊,吓一大跳

 

Subject: I will throw the professor some curves. 

 

情景对话： 

A: I will state many special opinions. I will throw the professor some curves. 

我将陈述许多新观点。我会让教授大吃一惊。

 

B: That is very exciting! How would you do? 

真是令人兴奋！你怎么做呢？ 

 

地道表达 

throw sb some curves 

 

1. 解词释义 

Throw sb some curves这个短语来自棒球场上，打球者以为投手会投出直球，但是眼前飞来的却是curve，意思是“让某人大吃一惊，让某人吓一跳”。其英文解释为：to confuse someone by doing something tricky or unexpected. 

 

2. 拓展例句 

e.g. When you said "house" you threw me a curve. The password was supposed to be "home." 

当你说到house这个词的时候，吓了我一大跳，密码应该是home。

 

e.g. John threw me a curve when we were making our presentation, and I forgot my speech. 

我们在做自我陈述的时候，约翰让我大吃一惊，我忘记了自己的演说。

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