迷你對話學地道口語第976期:有意維護
第一, 迷你對話
A: Sue and Lily have both taken dancing lessons. They want to be famous dancers, I think.
Sue 和Lily都選擇了舞蹈課,我想她們將來想當舞蹈家。
B: Yet Sue is not a patch on Lily because she’s not as diligent and clever as Lily.
Sue比不上Lily,因爲她沒有Lily那麼刻苦和聰明。
A: I think you are holding a brief for Lily.
我覺得你在有意維護Lily。
第二, 地道表達
hold a brief for
1. 解詞釋義
Hold a brief是在“在訴訟中當某人的辯護律師爲其辯護”,引申爲“爲某人或某事辯護”“爲……大聲疾呼”“主張……”。
2. 拓展範例
e.g. I hold no brief for severe punishment.
我不贊成嚴懲。
e.g. I hold no brief for people with extreme views.
我不支持持極端觀點的人。
第三, 咬文嚼字
as… as:和……一樣
e.g. This film is as interesting as that one.
這部電影和那部電影一樣有趣。
e.g. Your pen writes as smoothly as mine.
你的鋼筆書寫起來和我的一樣流暢。
be a patch on:不如……,比不上……
e.g. What they accomplished was not a patch on what they had planned.
他們的成就遠不如預期。
e.g. Her latest novel isn't a patch on her others.
她這部新小說比以前所寫的差得遠。