美国习惯用语-第159讲:Lick/Lickety split
<p>美国习惯用语-第159讲:<span word="Lick">Lick</span>/<span word="Lickety">Lickety</span> <span word="split">split</span></p><p>今天我们要给大家介绍的两个习惯用语都是以 <span word="lick">lick</span> 这个字为主的。<span word="Lick">Lick</span> 就是用舌头舔什么东西。比如说,你要是买了一个蛋卷冰淇淋,那你就非用舌头舔不可,否虮?苛芑?司突崃髂阋皇?粘粘的很难受。但是, <span word="lick">lick</span> 这个字并不是一定和食物有关。特别是在当做俗语的时候,<span word="lick">lick</span> 的含义也就更广泛了。做为俗语, <span word="lick">lick</span> 这个字本身有时带有打败某人,或者是克服一个问题的意思。当美国人谈到拳击比赛时,他们经常用 <span word="lick">lick</span> 这个字来形容拳击运动员打击对手,或者被对方打败。我们来举个例子。这是一个拳击爱好者在看完一场比赛后评论一个新的拳击运动员。</p><p>例句-1: "<span word="The">The</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="athlete">athlete</span> <span word="appears">appears</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="potential">potential</span>. <span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="defeated">defeated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="licks">licks</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="match">match</span>. <span word="Maybe">Maybe</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="emerge">emerge</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="best">best</span>."</p><p>这个拳击爱好者说:「这个年轻运动员看来很有潜力。最后,他确实被打败了,但是,他在比赛过程中有好几次很厉害地打击了对方。也许,他以后会成为最好的拳击手之一。」</p><p>我们已经在以前的节目里讲过,美国人非常喜欢运动,除了橄榄球以外,他们还喜欢棒球,网球,高尔夫球等。拳击也是美国人爱看的运动之一,而且还出现了世界有名的拳击手。</p><p>大家都听到了这句话里用的 <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="licks">licks</span>,意思就是很有效地向对方进行几次拳击。但是,要是你要说某个拳击手被打败了的话,那你就得改变说法了。</p>
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