校園英語口語習慣用語 第44期:black eye

black eye 醜事

【講解】

blackeye原指"黑眼睛，被打得發青的眼圈"，口語中可指"醜事"。

【對話】

A: When will the results of your examinations come out?
A: 你們考試結果什麼時候出來？

B: They'll never come out, they were abolished because some students cheated in the exam.
B：永遠不會出來了，因爲一些人作弊，所以考試作廢了。

A: That's unfair for all of you.
A:　那對你們不公平。

B: Yes. Several persons have given the whole grade of students a black eye.
B:　是啊。幾個人讓我們整個年級的學生都蒙羞。