英语成语 lip.doc

LIP(S) bite one’s lip force oneself not to express the negative emotions that one is feeling （为压抑怒气、情绪等）要经嘴唇 You could tell she thought the criticism was unfair but she bit her lip and said nothing. 你可以看得出来她认为这种批评不公平，但她咬紧嘴唇，什么也没有说。 She walked up and down, biting her lip and thinking desperately hard. (John Galsworthy, “To Let”, Part ⅡChapter Ⅳ) 她走来走去，咬紧嘴唇，拼命的想。 (carry / keep) a stiff upper lip keep calm and hide one’s feeling when one is in pain or in a difficult situation; bear trouble without showing emotion 在痛苦、困难等情况下保持镇静；承受得住……；毅然不动 The English gentleman is famous for his stiff upper lip. 英国绅士是以在困难情况下毅然不动而著名。 We have been in very distressed circumstances for so many years that we have to carry a stiff upper lip. He had been pinned up labels of “being absolutely unrependant rightist, reactionary element, counter-revolutionary” and so on, and was sentence to labour-reform but he kept his stiff upper lip till his rehabilitation was announced. 他曾经被戴上许多帽子如：“四不悔改的右派分子，反动分子，反革命分子”等等，并判刑流放，但他在痛苦的情况下保持镇静而承受下去，直到被宣布平反。 curl one’s lip show scorn 翘起上唇，抿嘴，撇嘴，表示轻视讨厌，藐视 Jim’s aunt curled up her lip with disapproval. 杰姆的婶婶翘起上唇表示不赞成。 If you don’t like it, don’t cur; your lip with dissatisfaction. If I am disgusted at your behaviour. Can I curl my lip as you did? How do you feel the way I show dissatisfaction? 如果你不喜欢，不要撇撇嘴表示不满意。如果我对你的行为很厌恶，我能否像你那样也撇撇嘴对你呢？你又会对我的表达方式感觉怎么样？ hang on someone’s lip / hang on the lips of listen with great care; listen attentively to 聚精会神地听；认真地听；仔细地听 The lecturer drew very large audiences, who hung on his lips, took very careful notes, and gave him a big band in the end. 学术报告人吸引大批的听众，他们聚精会神地听，认真地做笔记，并在报告结束后热烈的鼓掌。 If you are deeply interested in the subject, hang on the lips of the teacher, take careful notes, finish your homework, and review what you have learnt before exam, you will easily pass your senior-high course. 如果你对所学科目深感兴趣，聚精会神听老师讲课，完成作业，考试前复习你已学的课程，你将很容易通过高中课程考试。 lick / smack one’s lip move one’s tongue over one’s lips, especially before eat