點滴英語天天學第369期:雅思詞彙(229)
1. Expression：make ducks and drakes of
Explanation：To squander; waste.（揮霍，浪費）
Example：Don't play ducks and drakes of this internship—it's a great opportunity, even if it doesn't pay!
不要浪費了這個實習醫生職位——這是一個很好的機會，即便沒有報酬。
Don't make ducks and drakes of your time in reading those dime novels.
不要把你的時間浪費在讀那些胡編亂造的廉價小說上。
I felt exhausted and vacant from the constant making ducks and drakes of time.
我由於曠日持久地虛度光明而感到百無聊賴，身心虛弱。
Why should we make ducks and drakes of our time on luxuries like music or victorian poetry?
爲什麼要浪費時間去學音樂或維多利亞時期的詩歌等那些華而不實的東西呢？
2. Expression：sitting duck
Explanation：Someone or something vulnerable to attack. （容易受到攻擊的人或者事物）
Example：When my car broke down in a bad neighborhood, I felt like a sitting duck, just waiting to get robbed.
當我的車在一個糟糕的街區拋錨的時候，我覺得自己就像一個坐以待斃的人，等着被搶劫。
The president's comments on taxes made him a sitting duck to critics.
總統對稅收的意見使他成爲衆矢之的。
My friend Joe is a sitting duck for any phony offer that promises to make him rich in a hurry. Anytime a fast-talking salesman comes along with a promise to make Joe a millionaire overnight, Joe will hand over his money. And, of course, he'll never see it again.
我的朋友喬伊對任何說是能讓他很快發財的騙局都相信。只要那些滔滔不絕的推銷員向他保證他們能夠一夜間使他成爲百萬富翁，不管是誰，他都會把錢交給他們。當然，這些錢他是再也見不到了。
It was early on a Sunday morning and the Americans had no warning. So the battleships and destroyers were sitting ducks when the Japanese bombers swept in from the sea.
那是一個星期天的清晨，美國人根本沒有得到警告。所以當日本轟炸機從海上飛來的時候，那些戰艦和驅逐艦隻能束手待斃。
