美国习惯用语-第115讲:snowball/snow job
<p>美国习惯用语-第115讲:<span word="snowball">snowball</span>/<span word="snow">snow</span> <span word="job">job</span></p><p>如果天气很热的话，讲几个和冷的东西有关的俗语也许会让人感到舒服一些。好吧，下面我们就来讲由"雪"这个字组成的常用语。第一个就是<span word="snowball">snowball</span>。</p><p>听到<span word="snowball">snowball</span>这个字，我们脑子里就会出现孩子们冬天在雪地里扔雪球玩的形像。这当然是 <span word="snowball">snowball</span>这个字的原来意思。可是，<span word="snowball">snowball</span> 也可以当动词用来形容某一样东西很快就变得越来越大，就像滚雪球那样。下面的这个例句就是用<span word="snowball">snowball</span>来形容一家餐馆的生意在最近几个月变得越来越好。</p><p>例句-1: "<span word="Sally">Sally</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="happy">happy</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="seafood">seafood</span> <span word="restaurant">restaurant</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="doing">doing</span>. <span word="Business">Business</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="slow">slow</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="it">it</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="snowballed">snowballed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="couple">couple</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="months">months</span>: <span word="now">now</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="wait">wait</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="table">table</span>."</p><p>这句话的意思是："沙利对她新开的海鲜饭馆很满意。一开始，生意很清淡，但是最近两个月来生意越来越好。现在你要座位还得排队等。"</p><p>下面是一个主管某个政客竞选的人在对他的助手说话：</p><p>例句-2: "<span word="The">The</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="polls">polls</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="opinion">opinion</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="starting">starting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="snowball">snowball</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="favor">favor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="opponent">opponent</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="candidate">candidate</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="quick">quick</span>."</p><p>这句话的意思是："最近民意调查显示，选民越来越倾向于我们的对手了。我们必须再找些有利于我们候选人的内容来加以宣扬，而且还要尽快地行动。"</p>
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