點滴英語天天學第282期:雅思詞彙(122）

1. green-eyed

釋義：Jealous. （妒忌的）

e.g. He's always been a green-eyed monster, every time he sees his wife talking to the opposite sex, he throws a fit.

他的嫉妒心十分重，每次太太和異性談話，他會立即做出失常的行爲。

e.g. I couldn' t help feeling green-eyed when she was promoted over my head.

她獲提升後職位比我高, 我壓抑不住忌妒的心情。

e.g. He was hounded out of his job by green-eyed rivals.

他受到忌妒他的競爭者的算計而被迫離職。

e.g. I don’t think Tom is a real friend of mine because he is very green-eyed for my promotion to the manager.

我認爲Tom不是我真正的朋友，因爲他對我提升爲經理的事情很嫉妒。

2. greenhorn

釋義：A very young, immature, or inexperienced person. （生手，無經驗易受騙的人; 涉世不深的人）

e.g. These were very tough men backed up by very tough police officials and they never suspected that they could be overthrown by such a greenhorn immigrant.

這些政客都是非常厲害的人，又受到非常厲害的警官的支持，根本沒有料到他們會給一個初出茅廬的新移民打翻在地。

e.g. Mary could not help laughing at this. It struck her that this self-important young greenhorn must have been rather a headache for Lisa all this time.

Mary忍不住笑了。她想來這位高傲，涉世不深的年輕人一定把Lisa纏得頭痛。

3. green fingers

釋義：Someone who is a skilled gardener；to good at making plants grow. （擅長於園藝技能的人，擅長植物種植）

e.g. I never have green fingers.

我向來不擅長種花蒔草。

e.g. My mom can keep any plant alive, even ones that I've nearly killed—she seriously has green fingers.

我媽媽能讓任何植物存活下來，甚至就是那些幾乎被我弄死的，她都能把它們養活，她可真是個園藝高手。

e.g. I do envy you your green fingers. Your garden always looks so beautiful.

我真羨慕你的園藝技能，你的花園總是那麼漂亮。

e.g. I cannot tell a dahlia from a daffodil but my wife has very green fingers.

我連天竺牡丹和水仙也分辨不清，但我的妻子卻是園藝能手。