头条号光军语言文化:many一词大家都非常熟悉,常用来修饰可数名词。要把英语学得更熟练,学习一些常见单词的生活习语也是非常必要的。在这里和大家一起分享讨论含有many一词的常见英语习语(idiom)。
先看第一组,跟着例句一起读出来吧
- many a time 许多次
注意:用于a + 单数名词之前,表示强调
I've told you many a time not to ride your bike on the pavement.
我告诉过你很多次了,不要在人行道上骑自行车。
- one too many 喝多了酒,多喝了几杯
You have had one too many, let's go home.
你喝多了,我们回家吧。
- many's the 多次;长时间
Many's the hour I've spent by the phone just waiting in case he called.
我在电话机旁守候多时,免得他打电话来时没有人接。
- in so many words 直截了当地,明确地
I told her, in so many words, to stop interfering.
我明确告诉她不要再干涉了。
再试着猜猜下面这组习语的意思
Many happy returns (of the day).
生日快乐。
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
厨师太多烧坏汤;人多反倒误事。
too many chiefs and not enough Indians
官多兵少;动嘴的多,动手的少
There's many a slip twixt cup and lip.
杯到嘴边还会失手;世事往往功亏一篑。
注:twixt 两者之间,相当于between
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
戏言寓真理。
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