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BBoyVince 地道美语分享~摘自英语功夫
Just for Fun
片段讲解秀
from:《未知》
1. put someone up
给某人提供临时住宿
◆ Can you put me up for a few days?
你能安排我临时住几天吗?
2. take someone up on something
接受建议、邀请
◆ I might take you up on that.
我可能会接受你的邀请/建议。
也可以用这个表达来接受某人的打赌挑战。
◆ He bet me twenty bucks that I couldn’t get a perfect score, and I took him up on it.
他赌20块我考不好,我决定跟他赌一把。
3. keep one’s options open
等待中,尚未做决定。
◆ I want to keep my options open, so I didn’t sign the contract yet.
我想再等等看,所以还没签合同。
4. You might want to…(do something)
建议某人做某事的礼貌说法。
◆ Honey, you might want to trim that beard.
亲爱的,你是不是该刮刮胡子啦……
5. You don’t want to…
告诫对方不要做某事。
◆ You don’t want to rush things.
不要操之过急。
6. catch up with (someone)
朋友之间彼此了解近况
◆ It was so lovely catching up with you.
能和你聊聊近况真的很开心。