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之前我们学过一个短语，in hot water，实际上是“陷入困境”的意思。在英文中也有一些与“冷”相关的表达，比如今天要跟大家讲的cold feet，cold=冷的，feet=脚，连起来很容易误解为“脚冷”。实际意思差了很远哟~  来看一下维基百科的解释： cold feet: To suddenly become too frightened to do something you had planned to do, especially something important such as getting married. 突然害怕得不敢去做本来计划要做的事，尤其指类似结婚这样重要的事情。 简单来说，可以翻译成“胆怯，临阵退缩”，通常用get cold feet这种形式，我们来看两个例句： They asked me to sing at the party last night but after seeing how many people were there, I got cold feet. 昨晚他们请我在聚会上唱歌，看到这么多人在，我退缩了。 Bart was going to try bungee jumping, but he got cold feet. 巴特本想尝试蹦极跳，但他退缩了。  在《生活大爆炸》中，也出现了这个表达，我们一起来看一下：在第11季12集中，Sheldon和Amy讨论婚礼前的事情，于是就有了下边这段对话： Amy: You know, dealing with cold feet is an important part of being both best man and maid of honor. Maybe we should test for that ability. Sheldon: You really think you might get cold feet? Amy: Actually, I was talking about you. -处理婚礼前的怯场情绪也是伴娘伴郎的重要任务之一，也许我们应该测试一下这项能力。 -你真的觉得自己会怯场吗？ -其实，我是在说你。  还有一个地道的表达chicken out，也可以表达“临阵脱逃”，我们来看一个例句： Jumping off the high-dive is fun! Don't chicken out! 高台跳水是非常有趣的，别退缩！ BoJack Horseman was going to ask Caroline on a date, but he chickened out at the last minute. 马男本来想约卡洛琳出去，但最后却不敢开口。  以上就是今天的内容啦 关于cold feet的准确含义 你记住了吗？ 全部掌握的同学 可以在评论区打个“1”哦~ |
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