英語口語練習小對話 第540期:發(fā)覺可疑;感覺蹊蹺

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　　迷你對話

　　A : Wait! I smell a rat!

　　等等!我感到有點不對勁。

　　B: What? Oh, we are in the wrong classroom!

　　什么，哦，我們走錯了教室。

　　地道表達

　　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鬼鬼祟祟的樣子，如果你問到了老鼠的味道，你會感覺到惡心，心里發(fā)毛，同時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“讓人覺得不對勁”“發(fā)覺可疑”“感覺事情蹊蹺，不對勁”。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，他才發(fā)現(xiàn)有問題。