与apple相关的俚语.docx

与apple相关的俚语1. apple of one's eye掌上明珠、心肝宝贝（指某人极为珍爱的人或物）例句：Grandfather always made the most fuss of Gillian; she is the apple of his eye.祖父总是极其宠爱吉林恩，她是他的掌上明珠（注：make a fuss of sb有两层意思：① 娇养；过分关怀；娇美；过分关怀某人②对某人大惊小怪）2. apple-polisher①马屁精；②请老师吃苹果以换取关照的学生例句：John is such an apple-polisher, he always agrees with whatever the boss says.约翰就是一个马屁精，不管老板说什么他都同意3. apples and oranges风马牛不相及的事物例句：Men and women are like apples and oranges.男人和女人是完全不同的4. rotten apple坏家伙、害群之马例句：He's a rotten apple.他是一个讨厌的家伙5. upset the apple cart搞砸或毁坏某事物（注：upset掀翻 cart： n.二轮运货马车）例句：Tom really upset the apple cart by telling Mary the truth about Jane.汤姆把珍妮的真实情况告诉了玛丽，他可真把事情给搞砸了。

6. an apple of discord争端；祸根 （注：n.不和；不调和（据希腊神话三女神因争金苹果而导致特洛伊战争））例句：I sense an apple of discord between you two.我感觉你们俩不和The black gold in the Middle East seems to be an apple of discord.中东石油（不是“黑金”）似乎成了争端的起因7. apple of sodom金玉其外，败絮其中；徒具其表而无其实之物（Sodom n.所多玛（罪恶之地，源自《圣经》））例句：The thing I bought yesterday was found to be an apple of Sodom.我昨天买的那样东西外表好看，而实际上用处不大8. dead sea apple不可靠的成就；令人失望的事情注:出自公元一世纪佐塞菲斯的记载：相传死海岸城市索多玛有一种奇特的果树，其果 实外表极其美好，被称为“爱情之果”，但人们若用手去摘，就会发现里面全是灰烬或尘土, 现用来比喻“金玉其外、败絮其中”的东西）例句：This proposal sounds perfect but it will be dead sea apple if we don't do it exactly right.这个计划听起来很完美，但如果我们不切实执行，一切都是一场空。