- summer stock (theatre) 夏季輪演劇目 (stock 是指重複利用庫存的佈景道具)
- AMC 美國電影頻道
- burberry 防水衣料 (品牌)
- break one's fall 在某人跌倒時扶他一把、減輕跌倒所造成的傷造
例:- John, your hand is bleeding. - I used it to break my fall. Jesus, what is this, the inquisition now?
- inquisition 調查、審理、質詢
- cognac 一種白蘭地酒
- deferred tax (會計) 未來的稅務
- annuity 年金、養老金、年收入
- liquidity (金錢的) 流動性、流暢
- couple with 搭配、連在一起
例:That, coupled with a growth-oriented reallocation of your assets. Including an assortment of other investment vehicles.
- assortment 各種、各式各樣的搭配
- investment vehicle 投資媒介 (如股票、債券等)
- CPA (certified public accountant) 會計師
- suffice 足夠、使滿足
例:Let it suffice that I know and Carmine knows that foppy cocksucker's holding out on us. - contracting/contractor company 承包公司、承包商
- make a crack 挖苦、諷刺、酸
例:He made a crack about Ginny's weight. - deplorable 悲慘的、遺憾的、不幸的
- Weight Watchers 減肥中心
- fast 禁食、齋戒
- stick in craw 使煩惱、使憂慮、惹惱
例:It's just been sticking in my craw. - Pakistani 巴基斯坦的 (人)
- guesthouse 客房
- zoning 都市區域劃分、郵區劃分
- recourse 追溯權、求助
例:As far as I remember, once title has passed, you have no legal recourse. - demonstrable 可證明的、可展示的
例:Except in cases of demonstrable fraud, transfer of title is binding once the grantee registers the deed with the county clerk.
- grantee 受讓人、受頒贈者
- county clerk 縣政府 (比州再小一級)
- deed 契約
- crack baby 一出生就有毒癮的嬰兒 (因母親懷孕時吸毒)
- natural mother 親生母親
- sign-up sheet 報名表
- flap gum 閒聊、閒扯、漫無目的地講
例:There were 15 guys at the dinner when Ralph told that joke. Could be anybody flapping their gums. - upside 正面的一方、好處
例:What's the upside of telling Johnny that? - Loose lips sink ships. 禍從口出
- dysentery 痢疾
例:Create a little dysentery (dissension) among the ranks? (劇中 Chris 口誤,把 dissension 講成 dysentery)
- dissension 分歧
- well-adjusted 適應良好的
例:Jason's always been a well-adjusted young man. - thrive 旺盛、繁榮、茁壯成長
例:Some people thrive on solitude. - solitude 孤獨、孤單、單獨
- light at the end of the tunnel 困境中的一道曙光
- avenge 為誰報仇
例:He's powerless to avenge you and resets his father for the same shortcomings. - masseuse 女按摩師
- hard-earned 辛苦賺來的
例:Big house, lining his pocket with our hard-earned cash? - Devil Dogs 美國海軍的暱稱
- placate 安撫、撫慰、和解
例:Whatever he is, he's also Carmine's underboss, so you're gonna placate him. - appall 驚嚇、震驚、驚慌
例:I'm calling to tell you how appalled I am. - betray confidences 洩露 (朋友的) 祕密
例:- From who, John? - I don't betray confidences.
- voice of reason 和事佬
例:Last year, when Tony and I had our thing, that misunderstanding, you were the voice of reason. - sanction 核准、許可、授權
例:I want you to sanction a hit on Ralph Cifaretto. - off-color 下流的、低級的
例:It's an off-color remark, it was highly inappropriate. - immorality 不道德、邪惡、墮落
例:He was accused of a crime of severe immorality. - belongings 財產、財物、所有物
例:The truth was he had a photograph of Britney Spears with his belongings. - dunk 泡、浸
之前的同義字:dip
例:I was looking for a glass of milk to dunk these in and I thought maybe you could help me out.
- legal aid 法律協助
例:What's this your mother tells me about you joining the legal aid society?
- indigent 貧窮的
例:They provide free legal counsel for the indigent and disenfranchised. - disenfranchise 剝奪…的公民權
- farebeater 搭車不付錢的人、搭霸王車的人 (特別指大眾運輸)
- indigenous 本地的、固有的、與生俱來的
例:A lot of these people, these indigenous types, they got plenty of money smoke crack and gamble and all that shit. - get back at 報復、報仇
例:You're working with minorities now to get back at me for being mean to Noel. - revolve around 以…為中心轉動、繞著轉
例:The world doesn't revolve around you. - sweatshirt 長袖運動杉
- sealant 密封物、密封劑
- consolidate 合併、統一、鞏固
例:I'm consolidating some bills. - wisecrack 諷刺的笑話、酸人的笑話
例:You sat there eating cake and making wisecracks. - Taliban 塔利班
- poorhouse 救濟院、貧民營
- at liberty 自由的、有空的、方便的
例:I'm not at liberty to say. - talk out of school 向外人透露機密
例:Somebody in my family's talking out of school.
- for the sake of argument 考慮到可能性
例:Let's assume, for the sake of argument, Ralph said what you think he said, is clipping him gonna unring that bell? - unring the bell 把已散佈的訊息收回來 (用敲鐘比喻覆水難收)
- That ship has sailed. 你想搭船,但船已開走。比喻來不及了。
- upset the apple cart 搞砸計劃
例:I don't want that apple cart upset. - highfalutin = grandiose 誇張的、自大的、自命不凡的
例:Fuck him and his highfalutin bullshit. - per se = of itself 本身、本質上
例:It's not a joke, per se, it's...You had to be there.
- cinderblock = concrete block 混凝土塊、水泥塊
- chicken wing 雞翅
- eke 增加、補充
例:They're eking a living doing hits, running swag. - lo and behold (看到奇觀的) 讚嘆語
例:Anyways, lo and behold, one day, Lenny gets pinched for heroin trafficking. - Tylenol 一種止痛藥
- sanka = decaf (法文) 無咖啡因的
- chromosome 染色體
- tire iron 用來拆輪胎的鐵棒
- hacksaw 鋼鋸、弓形鋸
- cotton 棉花
- up-front 預付的、預先的
例:- Yeah, about that. $20,000 we said. - Half up-front.
- cable knitting 一種編織法
- card table 牌桌
- fallout 核爆後的輻射塵、副產物、結果、後果
例:Just do as you're told. I'll deal with the fallout. - whipped cream 生奶油
- landscaper 庭院設計師
- Martinizing (Dry Cleaning) 美國乾洗店
- Deal-A-Meal card 減肥食譜卡
- rustic 鄉下的、手工的、純樸的
例:- I love the pine flooring. - I know, it's so rustic. - Bluto 布魯托 (大力水手的反派角色)
- confrontational = aggressive 對抗的、侵略的、挑釁的
例:He turned around and became quite confrontational. - reversal 翻轉、逆轉、取消
例:Why the big reversal all of a sudden? 為什麼態度完全改變? - pull off 成功、脫下
例:See? I knew you could pull it off.
2009/05/13
The Sopranos 4x04 - The Weight 英文筆記
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