2016年托福高頻詞匯:錢包威脅Wallet threat

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每日托福詞匯:錢包威脅
    有人請(qǐng)你吃飯,飯畢準(zhǔn)備結(jié)賬了,因?yàn)閷?duì)方?jīng)]有及時(shí)掏錢包,你就慢慢騰騰開始掏錢包,做出要付賬的姿態(tài),這種情況在英語(yǔ)里就叫wallet threat。本來沒打算從錢包里往外拿錢的,忽然做出付賬的舉動(dòng),錢包就受到威脅了。是不是很形象?
    Wallet threat is the reluctant act of pulling one's wallet out as a sign of willingness to pay for a meal that was assumed to be a treat. Normally, this threat would be immediately cleared when the people who offered the treat in the first place paid for the bill.
    Wallet threat(錢包威脅)指被別人請(qǐng)吃飯時(shí),不情不愿地掏錢包做出付賬姿態(tài)的行為。通常情況下,請(qǐng)客的一方結(jié)賬以后,這個(gè)“錢包威脅”就立即解除了。
    比如下面這兩個(gè)人:
    "Mike, put that thing away, dinner is on me tonight."
    邁克,快把錢包收起來,今晚這頓我請(qǐng)。
    "But it's so expensive."
    可是這頓飯?zhí)F了。
    "Dude, seriously, chill out with the wallet threat.
    哥們兒,別逗了??彀彦X包收起來吧。