【英语早间课堂】教您1招说"Joy"(6)

 抛招：She has been walking on air since she won the prize.

 

自从得奖以来，他一直兴高采烈。

 

抛招：His father's compliment¹ left Jack² walking on air.

 

父亲的赞扬令Jack得意洋洋。

 

接招：在上面的2个例句中都用到了同一个词语：walk on air。这是一个动词短语，从其字面意思来看，就是走在空气之上。汉语中表示一个人心情非常轻松愉快可以说“飘飘然”或“轻飘飘”。如果一个人高兴得忘乎所然的时候，我们常常用“腾云驾雾”这四个字眼来形容。这样的表达方式“walk on ai”r这个英语成语有异曲同工之妙。要形容一个人很高兴，很得意的时候，英文中我们可以用“walk on ai”r这三个字眼，走在云中，轻飘飘地，非常高兴。因此，我们可以翻译为“得意洋洋”“兴高采烈”“乐得美滋滋”“乐得美颠颠”“乐得飘飘欲仙”“乐得飘然而行”。

 

下面我们通过更多的例句来熟悉这个习语的意思：

 

例句-1：Her father's promise to give her a big sum for her study abroad made her walk on air.

 

爸爸准备给她一大笔钱让她出国留学的消息把她乐得美颠颠的。

 

例句-2：Wangming has been walking on air ever since he got the official letter that he's been accepted as a graduate student at Beijing University. You know, he never thought he had a chance.

 

自从王明收到北大正式通知书，说他被录取为研究生以后，他真是轻飘飘的，好像腾云驾雾一样。你知道吗，他从来没有想到他会被北大录取。

 

例句-3：When Mary got the news she was being promoted to be Director of Marketing³, she felt like walking on air. You know, this is what she's been after for years, and now she finally got it!

 

在Mary得到被提升为市场部经理的消息后，她真是感到飘飘然，走起路来好像腾云驾雾一样。你可知道，为了争取得到提升，她花了好几年的功夫。现在，她终于得到了。

 

例句-4：Hearing all those nice words people were saying of him, he felt as if he were walking on air.

 

听到人们以对他的溢美之言，他感到飘飘然

 

转自可可英语

1 compliment   

n.[pl.]问候，致意；n./v. 称赞，恭维

参考例句：

• The manager paid her a compliment on her work.经理赞扬了她的工作。
• Your presence is a great compliment.承蒙光临，不胜荣幸。

2 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

3 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。