on easy street
“on easy street”是“ 康莊大道,生活富裕” 的意思,在 九十多年前,一位美國作家在一本小說中寫道:“He could walk up and down easy street.”意為“他可以在容易街上走來走去”,那么也就是說他可以生活得非常自如。漸漸地,人們把這位作家所寫到的“up and down easy street”運用到日常生活中,后來又演變成“on easy street”。
[例句]
1.I don't expect you to be a billionaire, but it's up to you whether you want to live on easy streetor to be out on the street in the future.
我不期望你成為一個億萬富翁。但是你將來是要生活的很自在舒服還是難以為生,這全靠你自己。
2.Joe lives on easy streetand can buy all the new things that make life easy. 喬過著逍遙自在的日子,買得起各種東西,生活很舒適。
3.Joe is an example of what hard work can do. He worked seven days a week for five years to make his restaurant the best in town. Now the money is rolling in and he's living on easy street。
要知道辛勤勞動能得到什么成果,喬伊就是一個例子。他連續(xù)五年每周工作七天,讓他的飯館成為了當?shù)刈詈玫娘堭^?,F(xiàn)在,財源滾滾而來,他生活得自在逍遙。
4.John has no siblings.So when his parents passed away, he inherited everything from the family-- properties, bank savings, stocks and a big house. He's really -living on easy street。
約翰沒有兄弟姐妹。所以父母去世以后,他繼承了所有的遺產(chǎn)--房產(chǎn),銀行存款,股票和一棟大房子。他生活得非常舒適。
out on the street
短語“out on the street”意為“ 日子過得苦,難以維持生計”,英文釋義為“without a job or occupation”。
[例句]
1.Most men in that area are out on the street.
那里的人大多生活艱難。
2.I really wish I could find a way to help my brother Bill. Helost his job over a year ago when the company he worked for wentbankrupt and he's been out on the streetever since。
我真希望能想個辦法來幫幫弟弟比爾的忙。一年多前,他所在公司破產(chǎn),他也就失了業(yè)。自那時起,他一直沒有工作,生活得很艱苦。
3.I work very hard to provide you with a good education. I don't expect you to be a billionaire, but it's up to you whether you want to live on easy street or to be out on the street in the future。
我辛苦工作就是為了讓你受到良好的教育。我不指望你成為一個億萬富翁,將來的生活是苦還是甜,全都要靠你自己了。
Wall Street
“Wall Street”意為“ 華爾街”,并非“墻街”的意思??!英文釋義為“the American money-market ”。華爾街日報的英文是“Wall Street Journal”。
[例句]
1.Share prices fell on Wall Streettoday.
今日華爾街股價下跌.
2. Wall Streetresponded quickly to the news.
美國金融界對這一消息反應(yīng)迅速.
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