英語口語練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第540期:發(fā)覺可疑;感覺蹊蹺
迷你對(duì)話
A : Wait! I smell a rat!
等等!我感到有點(diǎn)不對(duì)勁。
B: What? Oh, we are in the wrong classroom!
什么，哦，我們走錯(cuò)了教室。
地道表達(dá)
smell a rat
1. 解詞釋義
Smell a rat中的rat是指“老鼠”。老鼠在人們心中是個(gè)鬼鬼祟祟的樣子，如果你問到了老鼠的味道，你會(huì)感覺到惡心，心里發(fā)毛，同時(shí)還可能想你的東西是否被他咬過。這種感覺和俚語中的smell the rat的意思相近了，意思是“讓人覺得不對(duì)勁”“發(fā)覺可疑”“感覺事情蹊蹺，不對(duì)勁”。其英文解釋為：to suspect that something iswrong; to sense that someone has caused something wrong。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. Why are the police looking for me? I smell a rat.
警察為什么在找我?我覺得事有蹊蹺。
e.g. The old man would probably smell a rat if he were to claim them now.
馬上去要，恐怕老頭子多心。
e.g. Every time Joe visits me, one of my ash trays disappears. I'm beginning to smell a rat.
每次喬來看我，我就有一只煙灰缸不見了。我開始起了疑心。
e.g. The teacher did not smell a rat until he found Jack kept looking downwards at his own feetinstead of at his own paper.
直到老師發(fā)現(xiàn)杰克不在看自己的卷子，而老盯著自己的腳看時(shí)，他才發(fā)現(xiàn)有問題。
