英語口語練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第714期:站不住腳

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　　迷你對(duì)話

　　A: From what I have said, we can draw a conclusion that the defendant is innocent.

　　綜上所述，我們可以得出結(jié)論——被告是無辜的。

　　B: You don’t have a leg to stand on. You haveconcealed the defendant’s crime deliberately.

　　你的說法是站不住腳的，你刻意隱瞞了被告人的罪行。

　　地道表達(dá)

　　have a leg to stand on

　　1. 解詞釋義

　　Have a leg to stand on是美國俚語，字面意思是“有一條可以站得住的腳”，比喻為“(人)理屈詞窮，行為無法解釋”“(論點(diǎn)等)缺乏事實(shí)依據(jù)或毫無事實(shí)依據(jù)而不可成立”。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. The truth of the matter was they didn't have a leg to stand on.

　　事實(shí)是，他們的說法兒根本站不住腳。

　　e.g. He hasn't a leg to stand on for his behavior.

　　他的行為是完全沒有道理的。

　　e.g. Without written evidence, we don't have a leg to stand on.

　　沒有書面證據(jù), 我們就站不住腳!

　　e.g. It's only my word against his, I know. So I don't have a leg to stand on.

　　現(xiàn)在是我和他各說各的，這我知道。所以我的話無法證實(shí)。

　　Ps 1：draw a conclusion的意思是“下結(jié)論，做出結(jié)論”。例如：

　　We'd better lay our heads together before we draw a conclusion.

　　在下結(jié)論之前我們最好是一起討論討論。

　　We haven't got sufficient information to draw a conclusion.

　　我們還沒有足夠的信息可以下結(jié)論。

　　ps 2：From what sb. says的意思是“從某人所說的來看”。例如：

　　From what he said I surmised that she was not very well.

　　從他所說的,我猜想她的身體不太好。

　　He didn't go into details, but from what he said I gather that she was seriously injured.

　　他沒有說明細(xì)節(jié),但我從他的話里推測(cè)出她受了重傷。

　　Ps 3：defendant：被告 innocent：無辜的 conceal：隱瞞 deliberately：謹(jǐn)慎地，慎重地