今日短語(yǔ)
泡菜 pickles 有時(shí)候真的是特別的酸， 也不是一個(gè)人人都能接受的口味。這個(gè)詞出現(xiàn)在短語(yǔ) to be in a pickle 中的時(shí)候，意思是碰到了麻煩。不過(guò)一般用來(lái)形容不方便的情況，而不是指真正很嚴(yán)重的問(wèn)題。
例句
I’m in a bit of a pickle. I invited two women to be my plus one at the wedding and they both said yes. What am I going to do?
We’re in a financial pickle at the moment. Our bills are more than our income. We’re going to have to make some savings.
It was only a parking ticket, but when I forget to pay it, twice, I ended up in a bit of a legal pickle and now I have to go to court.
請(qǐng)注意
Pickle 也可以作為動(dòng)詞，如果有人說(shuō) You are pickled，意思是你喝得酩酊大醉。
例句
He was completely pickled when he came back from the party.
I won’t let you drive, you’re pickled.
