【句子】And let us play fast and loose with the menu, order lunch things for dinner, dinner things for lunch! 【Modern Family-S2E13】
【发音】[ænd] [let] [ʌs] [pleɪ] [fɑ:st]/[fæst] [ænd] [lu:s] [wɪð] [ðə] ['menju:] [ˈɔ:.də(r)] [lʌntʃ] [θɪŋz] [fɔ:(r)] ['dɪnə(r)] ['dɪnə(r)] [θɪŋz] [fɔ:(r)] [lʌntʃ]
【发音技巧】and let us不完全失去爆破+连读+美音浊化;fast and loose连读+不完全失去爆破;
【翻译】我们可以(在这家餐厅)任意变换菜单,晚餐的时候点午餐食物,午餐的时候点晚餐食物。
【适用场合】
fast and loose是一个口语当中特别常见的用法;
经常和动词play来搭配;
play fast and loose可以指:to treat something or someone without enough care轻率地对待;
除此以外:如果谈到感情,play fast and loose就有朝三暮四那种意味;
至于这个表达的来源:Several writers believe that this term, which dates from the sixteenth century, came from a cheating game called “fast and loose” that was played at fairs.
来源是十六世纪兴起的一种赌博游戏;
A belt or strap was doubled and rolled up with the loop at the edge of a table. The customer had to catch the loop with a stick while the belt was unrolled, but it was so done that the feat was impossible.
开设赌局的人拿出一根绳,把其一端穿着个小圆环,放在桌边。突然松开绳子,然后顾客得用棍子接住圆环,让它套在棍子上。这很难成功,十之八九会落空。
eg: I can assure you that I am not playing fast and loose with him. I intend to marry him some day.
我可以跟你保证,我对他,不是玩玩而已,我打算以后嫁给他的。
eg: If you're going to play fast and loose, work at another firm. That's not how we operate here.
如果你不打算认真严肃对待工作,那你去其他公司吧。我们这儿不是这么工作的。
eg: I'm tired of your playing fast and loose with me. Leave me alone.
我厌倦了你玩弄我的感情,别来招惹我。
【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】
如果他玩弄我女儿的感情,有的他后悔的!