- The word shark can be used to describe someone who is tricky and uses other people.
- Shark这个单词可以用来形容一个诡计多端并利用他人的人
- Loan sharks are people, not fish. They load money at very high interest rates to others who need the money badly.
- Loan Sharks是指人而不是鱼。他们以非常高的利率向急需这笔钱的人提供贷款
- For example, let's say you are skilled at playing the game of pool, also known as pocket billiards.
- 例如,我们假设你很擅长打台球
- One night, you go to a pool hall and act like you are not like a good player.
- 一天晚上,你到台球厅装作水平不行
- You miss shot after shot on purpose.
- 打不中目标球
- It goes without saying that sharks, whether in the water or on land, can be dangerous.
- Sharks无论在水里还是陆地上都是非常危险的,这当然不用说
- When sharks smell blood in the water, they come and circle the wounded animal. The same can be said for people.
- 当鲨鱼在水中闻到血腥味,它们就会游过来围着受伤的动物绕圈。对于人来说也是如此。
- Let's say you are at work and experience bad luck on a project or two. You are in danger of losing your job.
- 假设你在工作中有一两个项目运气不佳。你有丢掉工作的危险
- Your co-works may smell blood in the water. You could say the sharks have started circling.
- 你的同事“可能闻到了水中的血腥味"。你就可以说,“鲨鱼们”围上来了
- In the example, your mistakes are the blood and the sharks are your co-works.
- 在这个例子中,你的失误就是血,鲨鱼就是指你的同事们
- But for everyone else, shark bait describes someone who is unsuspecting and easy to trick.
- 但对于其它所有人来说,shark bait描述的是一位毫无戒心和容易受骗的人
- When Americans say something has "jumped the shark", they mean it used to be popular or of high-quality, but no longer is.
- 当美国人称某些事情开始走下坡路(jumped the shark),意思是它曾经非常受欢迎或者品质高,但是已经好景不在
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