簡單小詞"come"在口語中的經典用法
Come clean 全盤托出,招供
當你把一件事情向某個人全盤托出的時候,就是come clean了,這個表達法還可以用來描述罪犯"招供",
If you come clean about what happened I will promise to keep it to myself.發生了什麼事,你都告訴我,我保證不會對別人講的.
The criminal decided to come clean.罪犯決定供出事實.
He came clean and confessed the whole thing. 他招供並承認一切罪行.
John came clean about his own views. 約翰把自己的看法全盤托出.
Come again:used to ask somebody to repeat something (要求重複)再說一遍,你說什麼來着
聽不清別人的話,想讓他再說一遍,我們通常可以說"Pardon?(注意一定是聲調)","Would you repeat it?"等等.
Come again 也可以用來表示這個意思:
Come again? I didn't quite understand what you said.
你說什麼?你剛說的話我不明白.
She's an entomologist.'
'Come again?'
'An entomologist─she studies insects.'
"她是昆蟲學家."
"請再說一遍?"
"昆蟲學家 她是研究昆蟲的."
Come again 還有質疑別人說的話的意思,想想看,當你質疑別人的話時,是不是也常說"你說什麼"?
Come easily 易如反掌
想形容一件事情很容易做到,我們中文裏有"易如反掌"這個詞,英文裏可以用come easily 來表達:
Languages come easily to some people.語言學習對有些人來說易如反掌.
Come on to 對......輕薄;吃豆腐
雖說世界上正人君子還是佔多數,不過猥瑣下流的男人也不少,這種人就喜歡利用一切機會吃女生的豆腐 on to 這個片語就是"Make sexual advances 對......輕薄;吃豆腐"的意思.
Tanya slapped Bill after he came on to a在Bill對她輕薄之後打了他一巴掌.
She reported her boss for coming on to her.她老闆輕薄她,被她告發了.
