想想看,如果一個(gè)孩子站在一艘船當(dāng)中,故意把船弄得搖搖晃晃,使得船上的人很害怕、很厭煩,這rock the boat 可不怎么討人喜歡吧。
To rock the boat 指的是“找麻煩,或者讓人感到厭煩”。人們往往會(huì)勸別人不要去找麻煩,比如下面是兩個(gè)人在辦公室里談?wù)撘粋€(gè)很偷懶的同事:
Sure, I agree Smith isn't worth the big salary he gets, but I wouldn’t tell the boss if I were you. Smith is one of his favorites, and he’ll think you're just rocking the boat and making trouble. 當(dāng)然,我同意斯密斯根本沒有資格拿那么高的工資。但是,要是我是你,我就不會(huì)把這種想法告訴老板。斯密斯是他的親信之一。你要告訴他的話,他會(huì)以為你想找麻煩呢。
每當(dāng)暑假來臨,美國(guó)的學(xué)生就開始計(jì)劃怎么來安排這三個(gè)多月的時(shí)間,有不少人動(dòng)手找工作,賺錢為下一年的學(xué)費(fèi)做準(zhǔn)備,有的計(jì)劃先出去旅行,輕松一番再做打算。下面是一個(gè)學(xué)生在跟他的妹妹談他和幾個(gè)同學(xué)的暑期計(jì)劃。
After much discussion, five of us in the class have finally decided to go to Europe for three weeks. Preparation is already underway. Please don’t rock the boat by telling mother, because I'm sure she wouldn’t agree. 我們班上五個(gè)同學(xué)討論了好久,最后終于決定去歐洲三個(gè)星期。準(zhǔn)備工作已經(jīng)開始了。我肯定媽是不會(huì)同意的,所以請(qǐng)你千萬不要告訴媽媽,那樣會(huì)破壞我們的計(jì)劃的。
這種偷偷摸摸、瞞著家長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)途旅行的作法當(dāng)然很不好,使得家長(zhǎng)很擔(dān)心。但是,調(diào)皮搗蛋的孩子那兒都有。不是有人說越聰敏的孩子越調(diào)皮嗎?
To rock the boat 指的是“找麻煩,或者讓人感到厭煩”。人們往往會(huì)勸別人不要去找麻煩,比如下面是兩個(gè)人在辦公室里談?wù)撘粋€(gè)很偷懶的同事:
Sure, I agree Smith isn't worth the big salary he gets, but I wouldn’t tell the boss if I were you. Smith is one of his favorites, and he’ll think you're just rocking the boat and making trouble. 當(dāng)然,我同意斯密斯根本沒有資格拿那么高的工資。但是,要是我是你,我就不會(huì)把這種想法告訴老板。斯密斯是他的親信之一。你要告訴他的話,他會(huì)以為你想找麻煩呢。
每當(dāng)暑假來臨,美國(guó)的學(xué)生就開始計(jì)劃怎么來安排這三個(gè)多月的時(shí)間,有不少人動(dòng)手找工作,賺錢為下一年的學(xué)費(fèi)做準(zhǔn)備,有的計(jì)劃先出去旅行,輕松一番再做打算。下面是一個(gè)學(xué)生在跟他的妹妹談他和幾個(gè)同學(xué)的暑期計(jì)劃。
After much discussion, five of us in the class have finally decided to go to Europe for three weeks. Preparation is already underway. Please don’t rock the boat by telling mother, because I'm sure she wouldn’t agree. 我們班上五個(gè)同學(xué)討論了好久,最后終于決定去歐洲三個(gè)星期。準(zhǔn)備工作已經(jīng)開始了。我肯定媽是不會(huì)同意的,所以請(qǐng)你千萬不要告訴媽媽,那樣會(huì)破壞我們的計(jì)劃的。
這種偷偷摸摸、瞞著家長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)途旅行的作法當(dāng)然很不好,使得家長(zhǎng)很擔(dān)心。但是,調(diào)皮搗蛋的孩子那兒都有。不是有人說越聰敏的孩子越調(diào)皮嗎?