每周一句2012/11/21
be (stuck) in a rut一成不變/枯燥乏味
to do the same things all the time so that you become bored, or to be in a
situation where it is impossible to make progress
For example:
1. The relationship between the couple was stuck in a rut.
那對夫婦在一起已經没意思了(覺得枯燥乏味)
2.I am stuck in a rut - I always have a lunch box for lunch!
我覺得枯燥乏味,我總是一成不變地吃便當午餐.
3. After ten years of doing the same job, she feels she is in a rut.
做了十年同樣的工作, 她覺得枯燥乏味.
每周一句 (2012/11/19)
out of the blue出人意料/突如其來
---if something happens out of the blue, it happens suddenly and you are
not expecting it
Examples:
Their arrival is out of the blue.
他們的到來出人意料！
The news of her death was a great shock to me; it came absolutely out
of the blue.
她死亡的消息,對我是一個很大的打擊, 簡直太突如其來了.
The prime mister’s sudden resignation came completely out of the blue.
首相突然辭職實在是令人料想不到.
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