迷你對話
A: I heard that your company has adopted a kind of new technology and applied it into a new project. Is that true?
我聽說你們公司采用了一種新技術(shù)并且運動到了新項目中。這是真的嗎?
B: True. And it panned out. We have earned a lot.
是真的。結(jié)果成功了,我們大掙了一筆。
地道表達(dá)
pan out
1. 解詞釋義
Pan是盆的意思。Pan out是淘金用語。十九世紀(jì)的加州是人們實現(xiàn)黃金夢的寶地,淘金的人蜂擁而至。他們用陶金盆pan把沙子洗掉叫做pan out the sand,泥沙隨水流去之后,如果運氣好的話,盤上就會留下金燦燦的顆粒,那就是淘金成功了。由此,而產(chǎn)生了習(xí)語pan out,用來表示“成功,好結(jié)果”。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. Nobody knew how the things would pan out.
沒人知道事情結(jié)果將會怎樣。
e.g. We hope things will pan out as we expect.
我們希望事情的結(jié)果正如所料。
e.g. My plan to study at Harvard didn't pan out.
我進哈佛大學(xué)就讀的計劃沒成功。
Ps :apply...to...的意思是“把......運用到......中”“運用某事物”。例如:
The results of this research can be applied to new developments in technology.
這項研究成果能應(yīng)用于新的技術(shù)開發(fā)方面。