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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
Subject: We sell everything from soup to nuts.
第一,迷你对话
A: We sell everything from soup to nuts.
我们商店出售的商品一味俱全。
B: That’s great.
那太好了。
第二,地道表达
from soup to nuts
1. 解词释义
Soup指“喝的汤”,nut指“干果”。 From soup to nuts字面意思是“从汤到干果,什么都有”,比喻为“从头至尾地,一味俱全地”。它是一个副词性短语,相当于“from beginning to the end,throughout”。表示什么东西都有买,我们可以用对话中的sell everything from soup to nuts.
大概一百多年前,美国人每顿饭吃的东西的种类很多。到一家高级的酒店吃一顿饭,先是喝汤,在正餐前还吃点先,然后是鱼、鸡等肉做的菜,还有蔬菜,糕饼,最后是奶酪,水果和干果。
2. 例句拓展
e.g. They supply the fisherman with everything from soup to nuts.
他们为捕鱼者提供全套器具,样样齐全。
e.g. You can get anything you want in that big new department store since they sell everything from soup to nuts.
由于那家新开的百货公司出售的东西包罗万象,因此,你能买到自己想要的东西。
e.g. She told us everything about the trip, from soup to nuts.
她把旅行的所有事情从头至尾讲诉给我们听。
e.g. I read the book three times from soup to nuts.
这本书我从头到尾读了三遍。