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主题:每日习语(7月25日)The long and short of it

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Observe vt.观察,观测,遵守,评述,说

这个习惯用语把长和短这两个对立面都结合在一起。The long and short of it. 这个俗语的意思就是:你把有关某一件事的基本事实和情况都说的很明白了,已经没有必要再说什么了。举例来说吧。一个家庭里的几个孩子都想让爸爸买一辆新车。他们不断地去说服他们的爸爸,把他弄得烦死了。后来,他对孩子们说:

例句1: No, we are not going to buy a new car right now. The old one still runs fine. Besides, the simple truth is we don't have the money and that's the long and short of it.

这个爸爸说:不,我们现在不买新车。那辆老车还挺好用。另外,事实上,我们没有钱去买新车。这就是基本的现实。

买一辆新车是很贵的。当然,这还要看你想买什么样的车。最便宜的就目前的价钱来看也至少要大约一万美元。要买名牌汽车的话,五六万美元是并不是最高的价格。年轻人喜欢的跑车也比一般车要贵。是有一些美国人每隔几年就要换一辆新车,但大多数人恐怕难以做到。
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有不少美国大学生都在学校附近找房子住。比如说,两个学生一起租一套两房一厅的公寓房子,然后各人付一半房租。这样个人既有自己的房间,又比较便宜。但是,住在一起也会发生问题和纠纷。下面这个例子就是一个学生在对他合住的同学说话。

例句2: If you want to go on sharing this apartment with me, you've got to stop having parties everyday and playing music loud after midnight. If you think you're not able to observe these rules, you can move out anytime - that's the long and short of it!

这个学生说:要是你想继续跟我一起住在这里的话,你不可以再每天请客、聚会,也不能半夜三更大声放音乐。要是你认为你不能遵守这些规矩的话,那你可以随时搬出去。我已经把话都说清楚了


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楼主 Date: 2008-07-24 23:05:23
The long and short of it  
沙发 Date: 2008-07-24 23:07:23
If you want to go on sharing this apartment with me, you've got to stop having parties everyday and playing music loud after midnight. If you think you're not able to observe these rules, you can move out anytime - that's the long and short of it!
板凳 Date: 2008-07-24 23:18:53
that's the long and short of it
4 Date: 2008-07-24 23:20:22
If you want to go on sharing this apartment with me, you've got to stop having parties everyday and playing music loud after midnight. If you think you're not able to observe these rules, you can move out anytime - that's the long and short of it!
5 Date: 2008-07-24 23:46:46
The long and short of it. 这个俗语的意思就是:你把有关某一件事的基本事实和情况都说的很明白了,已经没有必要再说什么了。
6 Date: 2008-07-25 00:02:29
Observe
记忆: OB(06)SERVE(服务)
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7 Date: 2008-07-25 00:17:15
The long and short of it.
8 Date: 2008-07-25 06:40:47
a useful  sentence,worth reading
9 Date: 2008-07-25 07:13:29
The long and short of it
10 Date: 2008-07-25 07:32:42
The long and short of it
11 Date: 2008-07-25 07:51:20
That's the long  and short of it.
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12 Date: 2008-07-25 08:00:42
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13 Date: 2008-07-25 08:04:59
The long and short of it
14 Date: 2008-07-25 08:23:57
That's the long and short of it.
15 Date: 2008-07-25 08:31:04
That is the long and short of it.
16 Date: 2008-07-25 08:43:05
the long and short of it
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17 Date: 2008-07-25 08:51:35
The long and short of it.
18 Date: 2008-07-25 08:59:12
the simple truth is you are wrong,this is the long and short of it.
19 Date: 2008-07-25 09:17:30
The long and short of it.
这个俗语的意思就是:你把有关某一件事的基本事实和情况都说的很明白了,已经没有必要再说什么了。
20 Date: 2008-07-25 09:36:18
Besides, the simple truth is we don't have the money and that's the long and short of it.
21 Date: 2008-07-25 09:37:38
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