迷你对话学地道口语第761期:别高兴太早了

 　　Subject：Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

　　迷你对话

　　A: I feel better working in this company than the previous one.

　　在这儿工作，我感觉比以前要好。

　　B: Don’t forget it’s just your first day working here. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

　　别忘了，这只是你在这人工作的第一天，别乐观太早。

　　地道表达

　　Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

　　1. 解词释义

　　成语“count one’s chickens before they hatch”通常用于用于否定句中。上文中的“Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”的字面上翻译是“鸡蛋还未孵，先别数鸡雏。”比喻为“对事情不要太早下结论”或者是“对某事不要高兴太早” 或“事情未成功之前，不要擅自打如意算盘。”此语也可以用作Don't count your chickens until they are hatched.

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. Don't count your chickens before they hatch. How many lottery¹ tickets did you buy?

　　别太早下定论，你买了多少张彩券？

　　Ps ：Don’t forget it’s just your first day working here.中的working here是现在分词做后置定语。I feel better working in this company than the previous one.中的working in this company than the previous one也是现在分词短语，在这里做时间状语。

1 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。