迷你对话学地道口语第680期:开夜车(在线收听

   Subject:He pulled an all-nighter last night.

  迷你对话
  A: Wake him up! We are at meeting.
  叫醒他,我们在开会。
  B: Sorry, boss. He pulled an all-nighter for the work.
  对不起,老总。他昨晚为工作的事情熬夜了。
  地道表达
  pull an all-nighter
  1. 解词释义
  表示“熬夜”,可以用stay up或者是burn the oil night。那么除此之外,我们还可以用pull an all-nighter来表达。
  2. 拓展例句
  e.g. I can't believe I got an A on this assignment because I pulled an all-nighter to write it.
  我不敢相信我这份作业得了优等的成绩,因为我是熬夜写成的。
  e.g. He could pull an all-nighter nights and sleep the whole day through.
  他能几夜不睡,又能整天睡觉。
  e.g. I'll pull an all-nighter to draft this story.
  我准备通宵把这篇报道赶出来。
  e.g. Owing to still very weak, she can not pull an all-nighter for long time.
  由于还很虚弱,她不能长时间熬夜。
  Ps :at meeting:在开会 wake sb up:把某人叫醒来
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