时间:2017-08-16 10:15:24
来源:网络 作者:May
A : Okay, how about a gift certificate to a bookstore? Dad loves to read. He’s a real bookworm.
B: Yeah,we already thought of that, and Aunt Linda is on the case.
A: Fine.Neckties?
B: Can you get anymore run-of-the-mill?
Translation :
A : 送书店的礼品券怎么样?爸爸喜欢读书,他是个不折不扣的书虫。
B : 嗯,我们想到过,Linda阿姨已经在准备。
B : 好吧,那领带呢?
A : 你还能再普通些吗?
1. be on the case 已经着手做
例句:Nor am I concerned that errant CEOs will escape punishment,since the feds are finally on the case.
我也不担心犯错误的首席执行官们会逃脱惩罚,因为最终政府已经介入。
2. run-of-the-mill 普通的;非精选的
He finally got a run-of-the-mill job.
他最后指找到份普通的差事。
He is not particularly brilliant; just run-of-the-mill.
他并不是特别有才能,只是普普通通。
I would rather have a pair of run-of-the-mill jeans than some of there fancy trousers that are fashionable nowadays.
我情愿要一条普普通通的牛仔裤,也不要当今流行的那种稀奇古怪的时装裤
This is a run-of-the-mill detective story.
这是本平淡无奇的侦探小说。