根据俚语学习与马虎有关的GRE词汇
<p> 下面为大家讲解了新<span word="GRE">GRE</span>考试词汇相关的俚语：<span word="slapdash">slapdash</span>和<span word="willy">willy</span>-<span word="nilly">nilly</span>。</p><p> 今天要讲的几个习惯说法都是用来描述由于某种原因而情况进展不妙的。第一个是：<span word="slapdash">slapdash</span>。实际上是个合成词，显然由<span word="slap">slap</span>和<span word="dash">dash</span>两部分组成。<span word="Slap">Slap</span>最常用的意思是巴掌拍击，这当然是即刻间进行的行动，而<span word="dash">dash</span>这个词也常指某种来去匆促的行动，所以这两个词合在一起必然是说一种匆忙的事儿了。</p><p> <span word="Slapdash">Slapdash</span>可以用来描绘各种各样的事情，例如：房屋建筑、汽车修理或者业务规划、论文写作，等等。我们再听个例子来体会<span word="slapdash">slapdash</span>这个习惯用法的确切意思吧。</p><p> 这是个新房子的买主在说自己验收房子的经历。我们听听这栋房子的工程质量如何，特别注意里面的习惯说法<span word="slapdash">slapdash</span>：</p><p> 例句-1：<span word="As">As</span> <span word="soon">soon</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="opened">opened</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="front">front</span> <span word="door">door</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="doorknob">doorknob</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="hand">hand</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="worse">worse</span>! <span word="The">The</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="walked">walked</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="looked">looked</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="realized">realized</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="poor">poor</span>, <span word="slapdash">slapdash</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="builders">builders</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="done">done</span>.</p><p> 他说：我一开前门，门把就掉在我手上了。接下来的情况甚至更糟。我在房子里四处观看，越看越明白那些建筑工人的装修有多差劲多马虎。</p><p> 这房子前门的门把居然一开就掉，而且房子各处内部装修的情况甚至比掉下来的门把更加糟糕。可想而知，房子的建筑工程一定非常草率。所以这里的<span word="slapdash">slapdash</span>意思就是马虎的、草率的。</p>
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