昨天是愚人节,告诉大家“恶作剧”的英语可以是 practical joke 或 prank,那除了这两个词汇之外还有能表示“恶作剧”的表达吗?这就要说到 monkey business 了。
“monkey business”啥意思?
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不用想就知道,monkey business 可不是“猴子的生意”,猴子是比较调皮的动物,它能做啥生意?不就是对你调皮捣蛋瞎胡闹嘛!monkey business 的英文释义是 behaviour that is not acceptable or is dishonest,而中文的解释是“骗人把戏;恶作剧”。
🌰举个例子
The teacher suspected that there had been some monkey business going on while she was out of the room.
老师怀疑她不在教室里的时候有人搞恶作剧。
我们都知道 business 的意思,那给大家介绍两个关于 business 的 saying:
business before pleasure 的意思是“事业在先,享乐在后”,用于强调事业的重要性,感觉爱画大饼的领导们一定喜欢这句

“funny business”啥意思?
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funny business 可不是什么有意思的生意,而恰恰相反,它的意思是“欺骗;不正当行为”。
If you try any funny business you'll be sorry.
你要是想搞什么鬼名堂,你一定会后悔的。
“down to business”啥意思?
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想要理解 get down to business 的意思,那就要先知道B2水平动词短语 get down to sth 的意思是:开始认真对待;开始认真注意;开始努力做。
I've got a lot of work to do, but I can't seem to get down to it.
我有好多工作要做,可我好像就是没法安下心来去做。
I must get down to booking the hotels.
我得开始预订我们的旅馆了。
所以,get down to business 的意思是“进入主题,讨论正题”。
If the introductions are over I'd like to get down to business.
如果介绍完了,我想开始讨论正题。
“like nobody's business”啥意思?
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like nobody's business 的意思是指“非常快”或“很多地”,是个意思很特别的表达,可不要翻译或理解错了哦。
He was scribbling away like nobody's business.
他忙着写个不停。
I've been working like nobody's business to get it finished in time.
为按时完成任务,我一直在快马加鞭地工作。
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