(1) beneath one's dignity（常作反語）有失身份、尊嚴(yán)、體面等
1. Some husbands still think it beneath their dignity to do the shopping.
有些做丈夫的至今仍然認(rèn)為讓他們?nèi)ベI東西是件丟面子的事。
2. Such conduct is beneath the dignity of a gentleman.
這種行為不合紳士的身份。
(2) stand on one's dignity（因自愛）保持尊嚴(yán)；（因自命不凡）擺架子
1. She doesn't stand on her dignity and treat the rest of us as servants.
她沒有端著架子把我們當(dāng)做仆人對(duì)待。
2. If you stand on your dignity, how dare I take liberties?
如果你保持尊嚴(yán)的話，我怎敢隨隨便便呢?
(3) dilate on sth. 詳述某事；鋪敘某事
In this chapter she dilates on the benefits of vegetarianism.
在這一章她詳述素食的好處。
(4) din in sb.'s ears 在耳中轟鳴；在耳中回響；聒耳
They drove away from the city center, the roar of the traffic still dinning in their ears.
他們駛出了市中心，但車來人往的喧囂聲仍在耳中回響。
(5) fling/throw dirt at sb. 說某人壞話；給某人臉上抹黑
Don't fling dirt at him just because you don't like him, he is really a very admirable fellow.
不要只因?yàn)槟悴幌矚g他就誹謗他。他實(shí)在是一個(gè)非常令人欽佩的人。
(6) (be) a dirty word 不喜歡的或不正經(jīng)的事物或想法
1. My children think that work is a dirty word!
我的孩子都覺得工作頂討厭!
2. In certain British educational circles 'streaming' has become a dirty word.
在英國某些教育團(tuán)體中，streaming一詞已成為一個(gè)不得體的詞了。
(7) (do sb.'s) dirty work （做）他人不想做或難以應(yīng)付的工作
I had to tell them they'd lost their jobs: I always have to do the boss's dirty work (for him).
我得對(duì)他們說他們被開除了，我總得替老板（出面）做這種倒霉事兒。
(8) do the dirty on sb. 欺騙某人；出賣某人；耍弄某人；對(duì)某人玩花招
His life-long friend, whom he had always trusted, did the dirty on him.
他的一位多年受他信任的老友用卑劣的手段欺騙了他。
(9) give sb./get a dirty look 厭惡地看著某人/遭某人白眼
When he came in, everyone gave him a dirty look.
當(dāng)他進(jìn)來時(shí)，人人都瞪了他一眼。
(10) dish it out 大罵或猛揍某人
1. Don't get into a fight with him: he can really dish it out.
別跟他動(dòng)手，他揍起人來可兇了。
2. Taylor likes to dish it out, but he hates to take it.
泰勒喜歡責(zé)罵人，但他卻不喜歡別人罵他。
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