Why Native Speakers Don't Call You Back: Dating Slang (Friends) · Learn English with Movies | English By Movie
通过《Friends》片段解析美国约会中的俚语和文化表达,帮助学习者掌握地道口语,提升社交沟通能力。
You're sister stood me up the other night.
前几天晚上,你妹妹放了我鸽子(没有陪我一起去)。
Oh, no.
哦,不。
Don't you hate it when people aren't there for you?
你难道不讨厌那种别人在你需要帮助的时候却袖手旁观的情况吗?
Well, did you try calling her?
那么,你试过给她打电话吗?
I've been trying for two days.
我已经尝试了两天了。
When I called the restaurant, they said she was too busy to talk.
当我给餐厅打电话时,他们说她太忙了,无法接电话。
I can't believe she's blowing me off.
我简直不敢相信她竟然拒绝了我。
Think ignoring you is the same as blowing you off?
你觉得忽视你,就等于直接拒绝你吗?
You're missing a huge cultural cue that screams foreigner.
你忽略了一个非常重要的文化暗示——这个暗示明显表明你是个外国人。
Watch this.
看看这个。
I'm on this field and they hike me the baby.
我就在这个田野里,而他们却把婴儿带走了。
And I know I'm going to do something because the Tampa Bay defense is coming right at me.
我知道自己必须采取行动了,因为坦帕湾队的防守球员正朝我冲过来。
Tampa Bay has got a terrible team.
坦帕湾队是一支表现极其糟糕的球队。
Right, but it is just me and the baby, so I'm thinking they can take us.
好吧,不过当时只有我和宝宝两个人,所以我觉得他们应该会带我们一起去。
I'm on this field and they hike me the baby.
我就在这个田野里,而他们却把婴儿带走了。
Hike.
去远足吧。
Hike usually means a long walk in nature.
远足”通常指的是在自然环境中进行的长时间步行。
However, in American football, it means to snap the ball to start a play.
然而,在美式橄榄球中,这个词的意思是指通过“猛地一拍”球来开始进攻动作。
Joey is using a sports metaphor here.
乔伊在这里使用了一个体育领域的比喻。
He isn't walking the baby.
他并没有在抱着婴儿走路(即没有用身体带动婴儿移动)。
The baby is being thrown to him to start the game.
为了开始游戏,婴儿被扔给了他。
The center hiked the ball and the quarterback started running.
中锋将球高高抛起,四分卫随即开始奔跑。
It describes the specific action of starting a play in American football.
它描述了美式橄榄球中开始进攻的具体动作。
It is just me and the baby, so I'm thinking they can take us.
只有我和宝宝在,所以我觉得他们应该会收留我们。
Take us.
带我们一起去吧。
Take us in this context is street slang for defeat us or beat us in a fight.
在这种语境下,“take us in” 是街头俚语,意思是“在打架中打败我们”或“战胜我们”。
Joey thinks the opposing football team can easily overpower him and the baby.
乔伊认为对方足球队可以轻易地制服他和那个婴儿。
It's a common way to assess your chances in a competition or physical confrontation.
这是一种常见的方法,用于评估自己在比赛或肢体冲突中的胜算。
There are five of them and two of us.
总共有五个人,而我们只有两个人。
I don't think we can take them.
我认为我们无法带走它们。
It expresses doubt about winning
这表达了对于能否获胜的怀疑。
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fight against a larger group.
与一个更大的群体抗争。
It is stronger than mess up, but not considered a curse word in most casual settings.
这个词的强度比“mess up”(搞砸某事)要高一些,但在大多数非正式场合中并不被视为脏话。
Use this when you are worried about destroying a good opportunity.
当你担心自己会错失一个好机会时,可以使用这个方法。
I really like this job.
我真的很喜欢这份工作。
I hope I don't screw it up.
我希望自己不会把事情搞砸。
It expresses anxiety about making a mistake that ruins a situation.
这表达了人们对可能犯错并因此破坏某种局面的担忧。
Something like that on my birthday, you'd be staring at the business end of a hissy fit.
如果在我生日那天发生这样的事情,那你可就真的要面对一场激烈的争吵(或冲突)了。
This is a brilliant, complex idiom.
这是一个非常巧妙且含义复杂的习语。