英语讲义【131】由“形容词或分词+名词”组成的名词惯用语
<p> 谈过了《名词惯用语》，这里要继续谈这种惯用语，不过这里谈的不是由名词直接构成，而是由形容词或分词+名词组成的。这种形式的惯用语数目相当多，可以尽量吸收，使词汇多采多姿。</p><p> ① <span word="The">The</span> <span word="acid">acid</span> <span word="test">test</span>：严峻的考验</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="praises">praises</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="model">model</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="acid">acid</span> <span word="test">test</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="cars">cars</span> <span word="enter">enter</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="market">market</span>.</p><p> ② <span word="An">An</span> <span word="armchair">armchair</span> <span word="critic">critic</span>/<span word="expert">expert</span>：空谈的评论员／专家</p><p> <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="cant">cant</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="example">example</span>. <span word="Such">Such</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="tantamount">tantamount</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="armchair">armchair</span> <span word="expert">expert</span>.</p><p> ③ <span word="A">A</span> <span word="back">back</span>-<span word="seat">seat</span> <span word="driver">driver</span>：不在其位而爱插手管事的人</p><p> <span word="No">No</span> <span word="back">back</span>-<span word="seat">seat</span> <span word="driver">driver</span>, <span word="please">please</span>,<span word="Jim">Jim</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Tom">Tom</span>.<span word="I">I</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="work">work</span>.</p><p> ④ <span word="Ones">Ones</span> <span word="besetting">besetting</span> <span word="sin">sin</span>：容易重犯的恶习</p><p> <span word="Harry">Harry</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="likeable">likeable</span> <span word="person">person</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="besetting">besetting</span> <span word="sin">sin</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="haughtiness">haughtiness</span>.</p><p> ⑤ <span word="A">A</span> <span word="blind">blind</span> <span word="alley">alley</span>：死胡同</p><p> <span word="More">More</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="manual">manual</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="blind">blind</span> <span word="alley">alley</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="computerised">computerised</span> <span word="soon">soon</span>.</p><p> ⑥ <span word="A">A</span>/ <span word="Ones">Ones</span> <span word="blind">blind</span> <span word="spot">spot</span>：盲点</p><p> <span word="Computers">Computers</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="blind">blind</span> <span word="spot">spot</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="people">people</span>./ <span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="cant">cant</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="mirror">mirror</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="blind">blind</span> <span word="spot">spot</span>.</p><p> ⑦ <span word="A">A</span> <span word="burning">burning</span> <span word="question">question</span>：重要的问题</p><p> <span word="Of">Of</span> <span word="course">course</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="invite">invite</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="boss">boss</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="burning">burning</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="is">is</span>: <span word="will">will</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="agree">agree</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="come">come</span>?/ <span word="Mass">Mass</span> <span word="unemployment">unemployment</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="burning">burning</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="Asian">Asian</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="now">now</span>.</p>
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