校園英語口語習(xí)慣用語(MP3+字幕)第167期:just the job/thing

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just the job/thing 正是想要的東西
    【講解】
    該習(xí)語的意思是“正是所需要的東西”。例如:Thanks for that screw, it was just the job.(謝謝你給我的那個蜾絲,我正需要呢。) just the thing 還可以說成 just the very thing,表示“正是所需的亊物"。例如:Her proposal was just the thing.(她的提議正合所需。)
    【對話】
    A:Mum, did you see the books Iborrowed from Angela?
    A:媽媽,你見過我從安吉拉那兒借來的書嗎?
    B:Yeah. I put them on the top of the cupboard.
    B:我把它們放到壁柜的最頂層了。
    A:Mum, I can't reach the books, Could you please do me a favor?
    A:媽媽,我夠不著書,幫幫我,好嗎?
    B:I can't reach them, either. We need a ladder.
    B:我也夠不著,我們需要一個梯子。
    A:Here's a ladder.
    A:這有個梯子。
    B:Just the thing. We'll use that.
    B:正是我們需要的,我們來用吧!