英美人天天都在说的4000句 186:throw in the sponge...

[00:01]C：Tell me, how much longer are you going to go on making films?
[00:05]I：I suppose that rather depends on how much longer the public want to see me in them.
[00:08]C：Yes, it must be hard to know when it's time to throw in the towel...
[00:12]What a pity about that last one of yours.
[00:16]What, what was it called? What? The Dodger¹?
[00:19]I：The Lodger².
[00:19]C：The Lodger. And it must be so disappointing when something just, you know, flops³ like that.

1 dodger   

n.躲避者；躲闪者；广告单

参考例句：

• They are tax dodgers who hide their interest earnings.他们是隐瞒利息收入的逃税者。
• Make sure she pays her share she's a bit of a dodger.她自己的一份一定要她付清--她可是有点能赖就赖。

2 lodger   

n.寄宿人，房客

参考例句：

• My friend is a lodger in my uncle's house.我朋友是我叔叔家的房客。
• Jill and Sue are at variance over their lodger.吉尔和休在对待房客的问题上意见不和。

3 flops   

n.失败( flop的名词复数 )v.（指书、戏剧等）彻底失败( flop的第三人称单数 )；（因疲惫而）猛然坐下；（笨拙地、不由自主地或松弛地）移动或落下；砸锅

参考例句：

• a pair of flip-flops 一双人字拖鞋
• HPC environments are often measured in terms of FLoating point Operations Per Second (FLOPS) . HPC环境通常以每秒浮点运算次数(FLOPS)加以度量。 来自互联网