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lawless girlhood love to her as an offence.(她再也忍受不下去了。因为他责备她少女时期的越规爱情是一种犯罪。)　　the last straw略自习语This is the last straw that breaksthe camel’s back。骆驼负重,终有极限,稻草虽轻但不断添加,超过负荷极限也会把骆驼压垮,喻指导致人们忍无可忍的一系列因素中的最后一个。这个词组在生活中也常用,如:The hotel was expensive, the food poor, and the badweather was the last straw. (旅馆费用昂贵,膳食又差,加上天气恶劣,真让人受不了。)　　同样,英语中的head-in-sand是由bury one’s headin the sand(闭眼不看即将面临的危险;实行鸵鸟政策)简化而成。a straw in the wind(事态发展的苗子;苗头)源出astraw shows which way the wind blows (草动知风向)。

 

2　习语变异在日常生活会话和文章写作中的运用　　

 

习语在日常生活会话和文章写作中的变异能使人耳目一新、印象深刻。
2.1　习语变异在会话中使用,可使句子幽默诙谐　　例⑽Judge(in dentist chair):“Do you swear that you’llpull the tooth, the whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth?”(法官(在牙科座椅上):“你发誓就拔那颗牙,不会拔错吗?”)　　此句是根据法官常用的一句套话do you swear that youwill tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but thetruth? (你发誓据实陈述而决无谎言吗?)变异的,产生的幽默效果令人难忘。　　例⑾“I won’t have Ralph upset. After all.”Shegrinned,“a husband in the hand is worth two in the bush.”(“我决不让拉尔夫感到心烦意乱。不管怎么样,”她露齿笑道,“有一个丈夫,毕竟要比两个都没有搞定的好啊。”)　　此例是模仿a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush(双鸟在林不如一鸟在手)给人一种幽默明快的感觉。
2.2　可用来表示辛辣的讽刺　　例⑿In the post we’re been extremely critical of thosewho reside on the fence and smile benignly at both sides. (在报馆里,我们对那些一向保持骑墙态度,对任何一方都以笑脸相迎的人,特别感到厌烦。)　　此句模拟习语sit on the fence(骑墙),用reside来代替sit,以说明那种骑墙态度不是一时一事的,而是一贯的,增强了讽刺效果。　　例⒀Wine was thicker than blood to the Mondavi broth-ers, who feuded bitterly over control of the family business,Charles Krug Winery. (查尔斯•库勒格酿酒厂使蒙特维兄弟忘了手足情谊,他们为争夺这份家业而结怨成仇。)　　此句模拟谚语blood is thicker than water(血浓于水,疏不见亲)揭示了蒙特维兄弟之间的矛盾,嘲笑他们见利忘义。
2.3　文章中运用习语变异,可以使语言生动活泼　　例⒁Their only resource is a small Henry More sculp-ture, the title’s“Object of Beauty”and it’s their prime subjectof debate as they whine and dine. she owns it. He needs it.　　whine and dine来自于wine and dine(盛宴款待),此句说的是一对男女,困于窘境,做生意失利,存款透支,住在豪华旅馆,帐单难付。他们唯一的资产只剩下一尊亨利摩尔的小雕像,题名为《美的客体》。他们一边吃饭,一边抱怨,为之争辩不休。她是物主,但他需要它,生活奢华但已捉襟见肘,入不敷出,场面上还要wine and dine,但牢骚怨声不绝。所以,加一个字母h成了whine (发牢骚)and dine,人物的尴尬处境就生动的体现出来了。　　再例如⒂A motor-car went past the window. Uglygreat Lumbering thing, making all that racket. But there itwas , the county rattling to the dogs. (一辆汽车从窗外驶过,正是这个庞然大物发出阵阵闹声。有了这玩意,国家少不得也要嘎啦嘎啦地奔向死亡了。)　本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。