EPISODE 3
第三集
SNAPSHOT
Everyone knows you can twist him around your little finger.
大家都知道,他对你言听计从。
S5-3 9:10-9:21
Everyone knows you can twist him around your little finger.
/'evriwʌn nəʊz ju kən twɪst hɪm ə'raʊnd jə 'lɪtl 'fɪŋgə/
大家都知道,他对你言听计从。
地道用法
twist someone around your little finger
任意摆布,任意左右(通常指十分喜欢自己的人)
He'd do anything for you. You've got him twisted around your little finger.
他会为你做一切。你已经完全可以左右他。
finger /'fɪŋgə/
twist someone around your little finger
任意摆布,任意左右(通常指十分喜欢自己的人)
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/er/英音不发卷舌音。
影视例句
Now... how about your little finger? You don't use that for much, do you? No?
现在,小拇指怎么样?你不怎么用它,对吧?对?
--《权力的游戏》S3E6--
点击今日讲解视频,收看详细发音示范。
have a finger in every pie
BrE /hæv ə 'fɪŋgə ɪn 'evri paɪ/
NAmE /hæv ə 'fɪŋgər ɪn 'evri paɪ/
凡事插手,到处干预
例句1
Jane tries to have a finger in every pie, but it often leads to her spreading herself too thin.
简总想哪里都插一脚,但这常常导致她精力过于分散。
例句2
She seems to have a finger in every pie, always meddling in other people's business.
她似乎总爱插手别人的事情,哪里都要插一脚。
例句3
As the project manager, he tries to have a finger in every pie, but it's becoming overwhelming for him.
作为项目经理,他试图参与每一个环节,但这对他来说变得难以承受。
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单词
finger /'fɪŋgə/
技巧
twist~him~around /twɪst hɪm əˈraʊnd/
语调
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Mrs Hughes:Have you spoken to Mr Carson?
你和卡森先生谈过了吗?
Mrs Patmore:No. I was hoping ① might do that.
没有。我希望你能帮我说。
Mrs Hughes:Me?
我?
Mrs Patmore: ② knows you can ③ him around your little ④.
大家都知道,他对你言听计从。
Mrs Hughes:Then everyone is ⑤.
那大家都错了。
Mrs Patmore:Well, will you have a go, please?
你可以试一试吗?
翻译
1.She had a way of twisting people around her little finger, especially those who were new to the company and easily impressionable.
2. Don't worry about her; she likes to have a finger in every pie, but ultimately she knows her limits.
听力
Carson:He had the maids and the footmen playing Racing Demon and screaming the house down.
他让女仆和男仆出演戏剧角色,房子都快震垮了。
The police:So you had no reason to believe he fell out with anyone?
所以你觉得他没理由和人吵架?
Carson:None at all. He was rather a bumptious type but if anyone objected to that, it was me.
没错。他是非常傲慢的人,但如果有人对此反对,那必然是我。
翻译
1.He is a bumptious young man.
参考答案:他这个年轻人太自以为是。
2.The food was great but it left a bad taste in my mouth.
参考答案:那儿的菜不错,但是给我的印象不太好。
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