点滴英语天天学第213期:雅思词汇(52)

1.表述：love me, love my dog.

释义：If you are going to love someone, you must accept everything about them, even those aspects, qualities, or faults that you might otherwise dislike.（爱屋及乌）

例句：A: We get along really well, and we seem to be incredibly well suited in most ways. The only thing is that she doesn't really like that I still play a lot of video games.

我们相处得很好，我们似乎在很多方面都非常合适。唯一的问题是她不太喜欢我仍然玩很多电子游戏。

B: If you're meant to be together, then she'll learn to deal with it. Love me, love my dog, as they say.
如果你们打算要在一起，那么她会学着去处理的，就像他们说的“爱屋及乌。”

Jill: I wish you'd keep your dog out of the house when I come over.

我来的时候，希望你别让你的狗进屋。

Jane: Love me, love my dog. Most of Alice's friends didn't like her sister, but they accepted her because Alice insisted, "Love me, love my dog."

爱屋及乌。爱丽丝的大多数朋友都不喜欢她姐姐，但他们还是接受了她，因为爱丽丝坚持说:“爱屋及乌。”

2. 表述：go to the dogs

释义：To deteriorate or go awry. （恶化，失败）

例句：Boy, this party has really gone to the dogs. First, there was the issue with the caterer, and now half the guests aren't coming.

天啊，这个聚会真是糟糕透了：首先是伙食供应商的问题，现在有一半的客人不来了。

I always thought my friend Peter had a good future. But then he got hooked on heroin and lost his job and his wife. I never saw a man go to the dogs so fast!

我总以为我的朋友皮特是很有前途的。但是后来他吸上了毒品，失去了工作，妻子也走了。我从来没有看到过任何人破落得这么快！