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习语:a hard nut 知识点津:nut除了指“坚果”的意思,还可以指“难题、难事、难对付的人”。A hard nut源于短语a hard nut to crack或者是a tough nut to crack,表示“顽固不化的人”“无知无觉的人”“顽冥不化的人”。 迷你对话: A :Bob refused all his classmates' invitation. Bob 拒绝了班上所有人的邀请。 B :I really couldn't understand him. 我真不明白他这个人。 A :He is surely a hard nut, nobody likes approaching him. 他真是个脑子不开窍的人,没人愿意接近他。 B :We'd better leave him alone. 我们最好也别惹他。 词海拾贝: leave alone:不理睬,不干涉,置之不理,不打搅 He will leave alone things that might cause trouble; as he would say,"Let sleeping dogs lie." 他从来不干招惹是非的事。他会说:“莫惹是非”。 Leave my books alone. 别动我的书。 Justbuzz offand leave me alone! 走开, 让我清静一下! |