迷你對話學地道口語第784期:泰然自若

Subject: Just be as cool as a cucumber.

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第一，迷你對話

A: Oh, my God. I have forgotten what I need to buy.

哦，天啊，我忘記我需要買的東西了。

B: Do not worry. Just be as cool as a cucumber.

別急，鎮定點。

第二，核心短語

as cool as a cucumber

1. 解詞釋義

To be as cool as a cucumber的字面意思是“像黃瓜一樣涼爽”， 比喻爲“鎮定，冷靜，泰然自若”的意思。表示一個遇到麻煩時很冷靜，很鎮定，很放鬆。Cool在這裏的意思不是“涼爽”，是“冷靜的”的意思。使用時，表示對.....表現得冷靜，在短語後面用上介詞upon，即:be as cool as a cucumber upon something。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. It's not everybody who can keep as cool as a cucumber in an emergency.

並不是人人都能在危急時刻保持鎮定自若的。

e.g. He is as cool as a cucumber upon every act of atrocity.

他面對一切暴行都表現得冷靜沉着。

e.g. He kept as cool as a cucumber as the newspaper reporters shouted questions at him at once.

在報社記者七嘴八舌地高聲向他提問時,他始終表現得鎮定自若。