例:
Many non-governmental organizations are working to boost cross-Strait bridge-building and cultural exchanges.
许多非政府组织正努力增进海峡两岸的友好往来和文化交流。
土包子(bridge-and-tunnel)
Bridge-and-tunnel原指来自纽约城郊区的人(相对于曼哈顿),他们来曼哈顿需要“过大桥穿隧道,后来引申指土包子、无知的人、傻帽、思想狭隘的人,具有不懂世故或不入潮流的特点。可以缩写为B&T或BNT。
例:
The clubs are hopping tonight, but it's mostly the bridge and tunnel crowd.
俱乐部今晚特别忙,不过客人主要是些土包子。
永无止尽的任务(paint the Forth Bridge)
原指苏格兰中部的福斯铁路大桥表面刷漆的浩大工程,据说等到把桥梁全部油漆一遍之后,前面的已经褪色,就又得开始重新油漆了,所以paint the Forth Bridge意为永无止境的或艰巨的任务。
例:
Keeping the county’s roads in good shape is like painting the Forth Bridge because as soon as you’ve resurfaced a stretch of road, it begins to deteriorate again due to the number of vehicles which travel along it.
维持国内公路的良好状态简直是做不完的工作,因为你刚刚把一段路面重新铺好,它就又开始因为每天在路上跑的大量车辆而磨损了。
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