英語口語練習小對話 第91期:陳詞濫調

迷你對話：

A:I think that’s settled.

我想就這麼決定了。

B:I'm tired of yourcut-and-driedopinions. Who do you think you are!

我煩死了你那些陳詞濫調，你以爲你是誰呀？

A:How dare you speak to me like this.

你敢這樣對我說話。

B:Why not?

爲什麼不敢？

地道表達：cut-and-dried

解詞釋義：這是一條形容詞性的習語。關於習語的出處有兩種解釋。一種是認爲此語用來指17世紀英國草藥店裏出售的成藥，這是藥是割下後曬乾的，因爲遠不如剛採摘的或地裏長着的那些草藥那麼新鮮；另一種解釋爲，此語鋸好晾乾且已經刨好成型的備用木材。現在該習語被沿用下來，引申爲“枯燥乏味的，刻板迂腐的”。也是我中文中說的“老生常談的”“陳詞濫調的”。

支持範例：

Eg. Most speakers are skillful in fencing with reporter's questions with cut-and-dried words.

大多數發言人擅用“套話”來搪塞記者提問。

Eg. They were sick of Allan's cut-and-dried answers.

他們對艾倫老套的答覆感到厭煩。

Eg. He lived a cut-and-dried life.

他過着枯燥無味的生活。

Eg. People at the convention heard many cut-and-dried speeches.

人們在會上聽的盡是一些老生常談的報告。

詞海拾貝：

cut-and-dried opinions：陳詞濫調

Eg. When writing a composition, one must avoid using cut-and-dried opinions.

作文一定要避免陳詞濫調。

Eg. It was not the lecture itself but the cut-and-dried opinions in it that palled on her mind.

使她感到可厭的不是那講演本身，而是其中的陳詞濫調。

Eg. He seems to have no original ideas; his speech was full of cut-and-dried opinions.

他似乎沒有什麼獨到的見解，他的講話充滿了陳詞濫調。

Eg. The little boy has learned to dislike his parents' cut-and-dried opinions.

那小男孩學會討厭他父母的陳詞濫調了。

視野拓展：

cut-and-dried remark：套話