英语重点词汇解析bite the dust用法.docx

英语重点词汇解析bite the dust用法bite the dust可不是要泥土，也不是吃泥土的意思，其含义有以下两种：1.失败（一败涂地）；被打败；被摧毁；瓦解；受挫；某东西彻底坏掉了to fail, or to be defeated or destroyed类似于现在的一个网络流行语，叫作 “败者食尘”I am not going to bite the dust so easily because throughout my life I have been a fighter.我不会那么容易倒下去的，因为我的一生都是个斗士One of the main reasons that he bit the dust so early in his career was because ofhis inflated ego.他在事业上这么早就夭折的一个主要原因是他过于自负Rose understands that taking this challenge could lead to her biting the dust and hence refrained from even the conversation.罗斯明白，接受这个挑战可能会使她一败涂地，因此甚至连谈话都克制不住。

You will only understand the importance of having your family close by when you have to bite the dust. Until then they will remain worthless to you.只有当你面临失败的时候，你才会明白让家人在你身边的重要性在那之前，他们对你来说还是毫无价值的His career bit the dust when he lost his job.失业后，他的事业也完蛋了My car finally bit the dust.我的车最终报废了Judging by all that noise coming from her car, I'm pretty sure it's about to bite the dust.鉴于她汽车所发出的噪音，我很确定这辆车要彻底坏了I have to go buy a new blender because mine bit the dust today.我得买个新的果汁机，因为我的今天彻底坏了The allegation has caused one lecturer's career to bite the dust.这项指控断送了一名讲师的前程。

Business cards are the driving licenses of the business world, without which youmay bite the dust.名片是你在商业世界里的驾驶执照，在这里无照驾驶的后果很严重Rowling isn't naming names, but she has said at least two characters will bite the dust.罗林没有指名道姓，但她指出至少有两个角色会一败涂地In the last 30 years many cherished values have bitten the dust在过去的30年中，许多珍贵的价值观已经消失殆尽Another Hollywood golden couple has bitten the dust.又有一对好莱坞黄金夫妻分道扬镳Thousands of small businesses bite the dust every year.每年有数以千计的小企业倒闭2． 死;阵亡；牺牲We were so lucky to avoid that massive accident—we might have bitten the dust!我们是如此幸运躲过了那场大事故——我们当时可能在事故中丧生。

Many young soldiers bit the dust in the battle.许多年轻的战士在那场战斗中牺牲了The soldier bit the dust after a very long fight and even at that he managed to take many enemy soldiers with him.这个士兵经过很长时间的战斗后，终于倒下了，即便如此，他还是设法带走了许多敌军士兵其实，这个用法来自源于19世纪，Samuel Butler的作品《The Iliad》：Grant that my sword may pierce the shirt of Hector about his heart, and that full many of his comrades may bite the dust as they fall dying round him. 《The Iliad》Samuel Butler但愿我的剑能刺破赫克托的胸膛，当他的许多战友在他身边即将死去时，都能英勇牺牲《伊利亚特》1. laugh your head off笑掉大牙，大笑不止；狂笑不已What he said could only make people laugh their heads off.他说的话只能使人笑掉大牙。

He carried on telling a joke, laughing his head off.他继续讲笑话，自己笑得前仰后合《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》I laughed my head off when I heard of his discomfiture.听到别人说起他的狼狈相，我放声大笑If you could see me now, you’d laugh your head off.如果你能选择看到我的话，你会笑掉大牙的《英语常见问题解答大词典》赵振才（增订版第五版）P317.Whenever I am with Pikachu, I laugh my head off.每当我跟皮卡丘在一起的时候，我都会笑到肚子痛2.crack sb up使……笑掉大牙；使大笑起来；让某人捧腹大笑He walked in and everyone just cracked up.他一进来，人人都捧腹大笑起来Gill's so funny, she just cracks me up.吉尔滑稽极了，逗得我哈哈大笑You are so funny. You crack me up.你太滑稽了，笑死我了。

She told stories that cracked me up and I swore to write them down so you could enjoy them too.她讲了几个令我捧腹大笑的故事，我一定要写下来，好让你也乐乐I kept a straight face as long as I could, but I finally had to crack up.我尽量板着面孔，但最后还是控制不住失声大笑起来We all just cracked up laughing.我们都不禁哈哈大笑起来I watch Modern Family all the time. Every single episode cracks me up every time.我一直在看《摩登家庭》每一集都笑死我了3.die laughing笑死了，笑掉大牙I thought I'd die laughing.我觉得我快要笑死了I nearly died laughing when she said that.她说那话时，我差点给笑死I just about died laughing.我差点儿没笑死。

4. kill oneself laughing笑死人了，笑掉大牙I told my boss about it and he killed himself laughing.我把这事情告诉老板之后，他都快要笑死了5. laugh to death笑死人了，笑掉大牙I almost laughed myself to death.我差点笑死了。