英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第164期:代代相傳

迷你對(duì)話：
A: Your ring is very beautiful.
你的戒指非常平好看。
B: Thank you. It has been handed down in my family for three generations.
謝謝，他是我們家里三代傳下來(lái)的。
A: Oh, it is precious.
哦，那太珍貴了。
B: It surely is.
當(dāng)然啦。
地道表達(dá)：hand down
解詞釋義：hand down的本義是“往下傳遞，攙扶下去”，引申為“世代相傳”。
拓展講解：在美國(guó)還有“正式宣布，宣判，頒布”的意思。
支持范例：
（1）世代相傳
The house have been handed down from father to son since the nineteenth century.
自19世紀(jì)該住宅就由父親傳給兒子。
The antique have been handed down to them from one generation to another.
這些古董世代相傳傳到了他們手里。
We must always uphold the glorious tradition of plain living and hard struggle and hand it down from generation to generation.
我們必須保持艱苦奮斗的光榮傳統(tǒng)并一代一代傳下去。
（2） 正式宣布，宣判，頒布
The city council will hand down the budget on Monday.
市政議會(huì)星期一將正式頒布預(yù)算。
If the courts don't hand down the death penalty, I can't hang anyone.
假如法院沒(méi)有死刑判決，我絞死誰(shuí)去！
The board of directors will hand down its decision on Monday.
董事會(huì)在星期一將會(huì)下達(dá)它的決定。