英語口語練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第188期:有希望一蹴而就

迷你對(duì)話：
A: He has so many friends supporting him.
A: 他有這么多朋友支持他。
B: And he himself is very diligent. Considering all these, I think he has the ball at his feet.
B: 而且他本人也很勤奮，鑒于這些因素，我認(rèn)為他有機(jī)會(huì)成功。
A: But he has to stick to it and to it long enough.
B: 但是他必須堅(jiān)持并且堅(jiān)持到底才行。
地道表達(dá)：
have the ball at one’s feet
解詞釋義：
該短語源于足球比賽。在足球賽中，控制是至關(guān)重要的。誰把求控制在腳下，誰就獲得了主動(dòng)權(quán)，就有機(jī)會(huì)射門得分，由此產(chǎn)生了該短語。該短語現(xiàn)用于形容個(gè)人之間或集團(tuán)之間爭(zhēng)權(quán)奪利的斗爭(zhēng)，又指“具有獲勝的優(yōu)勢(shì)，有希望一蹴而就”。
支持范例：
Eg. With his money and popularity he has the ball at his feet.
以其財(cái)富及聲譽(yù)，他很有機(jī)會(huì)獲得成功。
Eg. Mary has the ball at her feet in this election.
Mary在這次選舉中有機(jī)會(huì)獲勝。
詞海拾貝：
stick to：堅(jiān)持做某事
Eg. If you stick to the truth, you've nothing to fear.
你要是堅(jiān)持真理就可以無所畏懼。
Eg. When you start a job, you must stick to it.
一旦你開始了一件工作，他就得持之以恒。
Eg. We must stick to our promise whether or no.
不管怎樣，我們必須遵守諾言。
Eg. We don' t want to hear your opinions ; stick to the facts !
我們不想聽你的想法, 只講事實(shí)!