迷你对话
A: We have not seen each other for a long time. How are you?
好久不见了，最近还好吗？
B: Thank you. I feel on top out of the world. And you?
谢谢！我的精神状态很好。你呢？
地道表达
feel on top of the world
1. 解词释义
健康是无价之宝，如果你拥有健康的身心，精神饱满充满了活力，用feel on top of the world这个短语来形容你的健康状况是最好不过的了。当然你也可以简单地说：I feel great. 从在面上看，on top of the world就是“在世界巅峰”。中国有句古诗：“会当凌绝顶，一览众山小。”说的就是站在山顶受到的那种心旷神怡的感觉，而健康的人所拥有的感觉也正好是登上山顶远眺时心旷神怡的感觉，他们觉得任何困难都只是脚下的小山，都变得简单而渺小，自己非常自信。只有拥有健康的身体的人才会有这样的状况。其英文解释为：one feel very good, as if one were ruling the world。
2. 典型范例
e.g. I've just got back from the doctor's and I feel on top of the world.
我刚从医务所回来，觉得神采飞扬。
e.g.I do not actually feel on top of the world, but I have felt worse.
我确实感到身体不舒服，今天下午感觉更差了。
e.g. Who would imagine somebody like Lee could even graduate from college - confined to a wheel chair! Now he's going to America all by himself. Nobody could feel more on top of the world right now!
谁能想像像李这样一个坐在轮椅里的残疾人居然能够从大学毕业。现在，他自己一个人要到美国去了。没有人现在能比他更感到高兴的了。
e.g. I really admire Alice. Thirty years of hard work raising kids. Her youngest son just got married and all her children are doing well. She tells me she's on top of the world now for the first time in her life.
我真是佩服艾丽斯。她辛苦了三十年把孩子培养成人。她最小的儿子刚结婚，所有的孩子都很发达。她对我说，现在她真是感到非常高兴。这是她一辈子第一次感到这么高兴。 |