點滴英語天天學第228期:雅思詞彙(67)
1. 表述法：wear and tear
釋義：The damage that happens to something as a result of it being used in a normal way. （某物因正常使用而造成的順懷，磨損）
例句：It has some wear and tear, but after 100,000 miles I'd say my car is in pretty good shape.
雖然有些磨損，但開了10萬英里之後，我的車狀況還是不錯的。
I drive carefully and have my car serviced regularly to avoid wear and tear.
我小心駕駛，經常保養我的車，以避免磨損。
These products can stand wear and tear.
這些產品能經久耐用。
The furniture suffers a lot of wear and tear when the children are at home.
孩子們在家時傢俱磨損很厲害。
2. 表述法：wheel and deal
釋義 1：To take part in clever (but sometimes dishonest or immoral) business deals.
（參與精明的但有時不誠實或不道德的商業交易；商業上投機取巧詭詐）
例句：Jack got tired of all the wheeling and dealing of big business and retired to run a pub in the country.
傑克厭倦了大企業裏的投機鑽營，退休後在鄉下開了一家酒吧。
He still wheels and deals around the globe.
他仍然在世界各地招搖撞騙。
釋義2：Tuse a lot of different methods and contacts to achieve what they want in business or politics, often in a way which you consider dishonest.（在政治上）玩弄手段
例句：Nothing gets done on Capitol Hill without a lot of wheeling and dealing. It's just how politics is.
在美國國會上不玩弄手段，什麼事情也做不了，這就是政治。
He hates the wheeling and dealing associated with conventional political life.
他對傳統政治生活中的權術鑽營深惡痛絕。
