与日、夜相关的惯用语

 　　每天都要经历的“日”和“夜”与惯用语的关系很密切，下列例句足以为证：

　　(1) All night long: 整夜 Some stores stay open all night long.

　　(2) Call it a day: 一天工作完毕 We have class from 9am and will call it a day at 4.30pm.

　　(3) Day after day: 每天 It is boring to do the same things in school day after day.

　　(4)Day in day out: 一天又一天 Henry wears the same old jeans day in day out.

　　(5)For a rainy day: 为困难的日子作准备 When a person gets older, he will realize the importance of saving for a rainy day.

　　(6)In this day and age: 在现在这时代 In this day and age, no one can expect to get something out of nothing.

　　(7)Have an off day: 不大成功或顺利的一天

　　Tom did not do well in yesterday's test. He considered him unlucky enough to have an offday.

　　(8)The order of the day: 一般的惯例

　　In a petroleum¹ station here, payment by credit card is the order of the day.

　　(9)The other day: 几天前 I bumped into an old friend the other day.

　　(10)To this day: （指日期）准确地 It is 40 years to this day that I left university.

　　(11)Have seen better days: 曾经历过好日子

　　Jack² was an office head in that university before he came here. He has seen better days.

　　(12)Some day: 将来 Everyone hopes to be great some day.

　　(13) One's days are numbered: 末日将临：

　　Under computerization, unskilled workers become redundant³. Their days in a company arenumbered.

1 petroleum   

n.原油，石油

参考例句：

• The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

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 redundant   

adj.多余的，过剩的；(食物)丰富的；被解雇的

参考例句：

• There are too many redundant words in this book.这本书里多余的词太多。
• Nearly all the redundant worker have been absorbed into other departments.几乎所有冗员，都已调往其他部门任职。