迷你对话学地道口语第687期:一帆风顺地,毫无阻碍地

 　　Subject：I hope our cooperation does without a hitch¹.

　　迷你对话

　　A: I will pass on your idea about the new project to our boss. I look forward to further discussion.

　　我会把你说谈的关于新项目的想法转告我们老板。期待与您进一步的洽谈。

　　B: Thank you. I hope our cooperation does without a hitch.

　　谢谢你。我希望我们的合作顺利。

　　地道表达

　　without a hitch

　　1. 解词释义

　　Hitch的本意是“绳子的结”，引申为“障碍，阻碍”或“问题，困难”。习语without a hitch的意思就是“毫无阻碍地，顺利无阻地”也就是是“成功地，一帆风顺地”。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. The five-hour operation went without a hitch.

　　5小时的手术进行得非常顺利。

　　e.g. The transaction passed off without a hitch.

　　这笔生意顺利地做成了。

　　e.g. It went off without a hitch.

　　事情顺利进展。

　　e.g. The shooting of The Maltese Falcon² proceeded without a hitch.

　　《马耳他之鹰》的拍摄进展顺利。

　　Ps 1：pass on是“传递，传给”的意思。此处，表示“传达，转告”的意思，pass on one one’s idea to sb.的意思就是“转告某人的想法”。例如：

　　The winner is passing the money on to a selection of her favourite charities.

　　获胜者将把钱捐给几个她最喜欢的慈善机构。

　　The late governor passed on much of his fortune to his daughter.

　　已故州长把财产的大部分传给了他的女儿。

　　Ps 2：look forward to的意思是“期待，期盼”。例如：

　　We was looking forward to working with the new manager.

　　他很期待和新经理一起工作。

　　He now says that he's looking forward to increased trade after the war.

　　他现在说他正期盼着战后的贸易增长。

1 hitch   

v.免费搭(车旅行)；系住；急提；n.故障；急拉

参考例句：

• They had an eighty-mile journey and decided to hitch hike.他们要走80英里的路程，最后决定搭便车。
• All the candidates are able to answer the questions without any hitch.所有报考者都能对答如流。

2 falcon   

n.隼，猎鹰

参考例句：

• The falcon was twice his size with pouted feathers.鹰张开羽毛比两只鹰还大。
• The boys went hunting with their falcon.男孩子们带着猎鹰出去打猎了。