一分鐘英語 第23期:Dime a Dozen
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Welcome to English in a Minute, where we teach you about idioms in American English.
歡迎來到《一分鐘英語》,在這裏我們教您一些美式英語中的慣用語。If you have heard American English, you have probably heard this:It's a dime a dozen.
如果你聽過美式英語,你可能會聽過這個“It's a dime a dozen”(一毛錢一打)?What does this phrase mean? Let's find out.
這是什麼意思呢?讓我們一起來看看吧。
There's no need for you to pay $20 for that hair brush, it's too expensive.
沒有必要花20刀買那把毛刷。太貴啦。Why not? I really need it.
爲什麼呢?我真的需要它。The store down the street has them at a dime a dozen! Come on, I'll show you.
街邊的那個商店也有,便宜到一毛錢一打(a dime a dozen)。快來,我帶你去。When you say something is "a dime a dozen," it means that there's a lot of it, it doesn't cost much, or that it isn't special.
當你說某物是“一毛錢一打”(a dime a dozen)時,意思是有很多這種東西,不會花很多錢,或者是這種東西沒什麼特別的。It's a dime a dozen. This is a common way of saying that something is so easy to get that it doesn't have much value.
這一毛錢一打。(It's a dime a dozen)這是一種很常見的表達方式,說明某物很容易獲得沒有太多價值。And that's English in a Minute.
以上就是本期的《一分鐘英語》。