on easy street
“on easy street”是“ 康莊大道,生活富裕” 的意思,在 九十多年前,一位美國(guó)作家在一本小說中寫道:“He could walk up and down easy street.”意為“他可以在容易街上走來(lái)走去”,那么也就是說他可以生活得非常自如。漸漸地,人們把這位作家所寫到的“up and down easy street”運(yùn)用到日常生活中,后來(lái)又演變成“on easy street”。
[例句]
1.I don't expect you to be a billionaire, but it's up to you whether you want to live on easy streetor to be out on the street in the future.
我不期望你成為一個(gè)億萬(wàn)富翁。但是你將來(lái)是要生活的很自在舒服還是難以為生,這全靠你自己。
2.Joe lives on easy streetand can buy all the new things that make life easy. 喬過著逍遙自在的日子,買得起各種東西,生活很舒適。
3.Joe is an example of what hard work can do. He worked seven days a week for five years to make his restaurant the best in town. Now the money is rolling in and he's living on easy street。
要知道辛勤勞動(dòng)能得到什么成果,喬伊就是一個(gè)例子。他連續(xù)五年每周工作七天,讓他的飯館成為了當(dāng)?shù)刈詈玫娘堭^?,F(xiàn)在,財(cái)源滾滾而來(lái),他生活得自在逍遙。
4.John has no siblings.So when his parents passed away, he inherited everything from the family-- properties, bank savings, stocks and a big house. He's really -living on easy street。
約翰沒有兄弟姐妹。所以父母去世以后,他繼承了所有的遺產(chǎn)--房產(chǎn),銀行存款,股票和一棟大房子。他生活得非常舒適。
out on the street
短語(yǔ)“out on the street”意為“ 日子過得苦,難以維持生計(jì)”,英文釋義為“without a job or occupation”。
[例句]
1.Most men in that area are out on the street.
那里的人大多生活艱難。
2.I really wish I could find a way to help my brother Bill. Helost his job over a year ago when the company he worked for wentbankrupt and he's been out on the streetever since。
我真希望能想個(gè)辦法來(lái)幫幫弟弟比爾的忙。一年多前,他所在公司破產(chǎn),他也就失了業(yè)。自那時(shí)起,他一直沒有工作,生活得很艱苦。
3.I work very hard to provide you with a good education. I don't expect you to be a billionaire, but it's up to you whether you want to live on easy street or to be out on the street in the future。
我辛苦工作就是為了讓你受到良好的教育。我不指望你成為一個(gè)億萬(wàn)富翁,將來(lái)的生活是苦還是甜,全都要靠你自己了。
Wall Street
“Wall Street”意為“ 華爾街”,并非“墻街”的意思?。∮⑽尼屃x為“the American money-market ”。華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)的英文是“Wall Street Journal”。
[例句]
1.Share prices fell on Wall Streettoday.
今日華爾街股價(jià)下跌.
2. Wall Streetresponded quickly to the news.
美國(guó)金融界對(duì)這一消息反應(yīng)迅速.
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