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“做第二”英语怎么说

作者:hmilyf516 | 沪江论坛 时间:1年前 | 阅读:4132次 | [划词   ]
虽说我们都是自己生活的导演,但是难免会有当人副手的时候。想起偶的一个好友姓FU,所以有次我开玩笑对她说,以后你一定要当Zheng的哦。你呢?你介意自己当别人的副手,居次位吗?

1. play second fiddle to

to take a less important and subordinate role to someone or something in a way, often considered demeaning.
意思是扮演第二小提琴手的角色,处于次要位置。

请看例句:

His family has had to play second fiddle to his political career.
他因从政而把家庭置於次要地位。

Being a modest person, he was content to play second fiddle to others.
作为一个谦虚者,他愿意居于他人的次要位置。

Steven has no intention of playing second fiddle to the new director, so he has resigned.
Steven不想当新董事的副手,所以辞职了。

借一个寓言用用:

有人问奥地利名指挥家卡拉扬,乐队中哪个位置最难演奏?他说,第二小提琴手。因为他可以轻易地找到一堆杰出的第一提琴手,但要找到一位愿意担任第二提琴手却又充满激情的人很难。

    颇耐人寻味的故事:谁都可以担任副手、做配搭,但要时时保持激情那就难了。

    但是各位MM们肯定不想做男人心中第二位的女人。Bingo!
    Do not play second fiddle to anyone! Be yourself!

    2. fiddle while Rome burns

    to do something trivial and irresponsible in the midst of an emergency.
    意思是发生紧急情况时却在做一些无关痛痒的事情。(fiddle在这里是动词,拉小提琴)

    传说罗马着火时,暴君Nero却在拉小提琴,毫不关心自己的国民和帝国。据说火是他自己放了,当然不紧张了。唉

    请看例句:

    The local government fiddled while Rome burned, doing nothing about crime, poverty and pollution.
    地方政府不解决犯罪、贫困和污染这等大事,却在无关痛痒的细节上瞎忙。

    The account was falling through, but he was more worried about missing his golf game -- talk about fiddling while Rome burns!
    他真是不分轻重!眼看要破产了,他还在瞎谈着为高尔夫球而难过。

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