令我頭痛的英文俚語,感謝你們幫助我和教我!

Question

"I really wanted to take that Spanish class, but I missed the boat.

I didn't call the college until yesterday, and by then it was full. What about your Spanish class? I guess it's full too?"

"Well, yeah, there are only supposed to be fifteen students, but that's not

setting in stone.

There's a chance they might decide to let a couple more in.

I'll keep it posted.

這三個俚語的中文是什麼意思? 我的中文成度很差,I really need your help!

Answer 1

最佳解答

miss the boat.

表面上是船開走了. 引申意思是說, 沒趕上截止時間.

miss the boat,

1. Lit. to miss out (on something); to be ignorant (of something)

2. Fig. to have made an error; to be wrong.

參考資料, http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/miss+the+boat

setting in stone (set in stone)

firmly established and very difficult to change

另一個用法, set in concrete.

參考資料, http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/set+in+stone

post 在這裡是當動詞. 是announce告知的意思.

最常用的方式是, 如果你在追一個消息, 你會跟對方說, keep me posted. 有新消息要告訴我.

另一個用法是, keep me updated.

參考資料： http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

Answer 2

"我真的想要那西班牙的類，但錯失了良機。直到昨天，沒打電話給學院與當時已滿。西班牙類又如何？我想這是全過嗎？""哦，是的那裡只應該是十五個學生，但這不是在石頭中的設置。有一次機會，他們可能會決定讓兩三個。我將把它發佈出來。

我真的需要你的説明 ！

Answer 3

miss the boat 是錯失良機的意思

set in stone 是一成不變的意思

keep it post 依據這邊的上下文來看應該是會隨時注意這門課的情況的意思吧

希望有幫到你唷:D

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