托福口语对话之与他人相比处于劣势

 I got the short end of the stick. 

 

情景对话：

A: Mom, I got short end of the stick. 

妈妈，这是在是我遇到最最糟的情况了。

 

B: I think you must study harder next semester,don’t give up. 

我下学期一定要更加努力学习，不会泄气的。

 

地道表达 

get the short end of the stick 

 

1. 解词释义 

Get the short end of the stick的字面意思是“得到了棍子短的那一头”，比喻为“觉得和他人相比，你受到了特别不好的待遇，受到了不好情况的影响”。其英文解释为：to suffer the bad effects of a situation，tofeel that you are being treated particularly badly in comparison with other people。这个习语来源于拔河，输的那方握住的绳子是短的那头。

 

2. 拓展例句 

e.g. How come she gets the promotion and I get nothing? I always get the short end of thestick. 

怎么她升了职而我却什么也没有得到呢？我总是受人误解。

 

e.g. Again they get the short end of the stick because the terms of trade are against them.

他们又吃了一次亏，因为贸易条款对他们不利。

 

Ps：give up的意思是“放弃，认输”。例如： 

After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up. 

他在书桌前徒劳地坐了一上午之后便放弃了。