托福口语对话之极其骄傲

极其骄傲 

 

Subject：He is as proud as a peacock. 

 

情景对话

A: Wendy got good grades again. She is clever butshe is as proud as a peacock! 

Wendy又拿到了高分。他很聪明，但是很骄傲。

 

B: Well, never mind. 

哎，别介意。

 

地道表达 

proud as a peacock 

 

1. 解词释义 

Proud as a peacock是“极其骄傲”的意思。其英文解释为：overly proud; vain。使用的时候，通常和as连用，即为：as proud as a peacock.

英汉民族的审美角度是不同的，我们注重peacock（孔雀）开屏时的美丽，认识它是美丽吉祥的象征，而公鸡是“骄傲”的化身，因为它总是把头昂得高高的，尾巴翘上了天，一副盛气凌人的样子。而西方人不注重孔雀美丽的一面，相反认为她很骄傲。所以英美人在形容一个人骄傲，狂妄或爱慕虚荣的时候，就把他比作peacock。

 

2. 拓展例句

e.g. Mike's been strutting around proud as a peacock since he won that award. 

麦克获得荣誉后，一直都是趾高气扬地逗游，极其骄傲。

 

e.g. I sometimes think Elizabeth must spend all day admiring herself in a mirror. She's asproud as a peacock. 

有时候，我认为伊丽莎白整天都在镜子面前炫耀自己，极其骄傲。

 

e.g. She was proud as a peacock when she passed her driving test at the first attempt. 

她次参加驾驶考试就顺利过关，便洋洋得意起来。

 

e.g. June is as proud as a peacock after winning her first swimming certificate. 

琼自从获得了游泳证书后非常骄傲，瞧不起人。

 

Ps：get good grades：考试考得好，成绩 never mind：别介意