英語口語練習小對話 第604期:可疑的
Subject:The company seems fishy.
迷你對話
A: The company told me that they would charge 200 dollars for training according to the tradition.
那家公司說,按照慣例他們要收200美元的培訓費。
B: The company seems fishy. You should be careful.
這家公司聽起來很可疑。你應該謹慎點。
地道表達
fishy
1. 解釋
Fishy一詞是有fish一次的本義引申而出來的意思是“可疑的,靠不住的”,fish在我們手中是滑溜溜的,不好抓住。因此,就有了其引申義。
2. 例句
e.g. It's a bit fishy, giving away a mattress like that?
這可有點兒叫人懷疑,把這麼好一牀墊褥送人。
e.g. There's something fishy about his testimony.
他的證言有可疑之處。
e.g. His excessive politeness seemed fishy.
他禮貌過度周到,令人覺得有些可疑。
e.g. There was something fishy about that guy.
那傢伙行爲可疑。