bully for sb
固定表达,用于回应别人的好消息;有时也可能带讽刺语气。
You got the job? Bully for you!
你得到那份工作啦?真棒!
极好的;出色的
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
极好的;出色的
very good; excellent
You got the job? Bully for you!
你得到那份工作啦?真棒!
极好的
very good
He gave a bully performance in the play last night.
他昨晚在话剧中的表演非常出色。
We had a bully time at the amusement park.
我们在游乐园玩得非常开心。
That's a bully idea to solve the problem.
那是个解决问题的绝妙主意。
固定表达,用于回应别人的好消息;有时也可能带讽刺语气。
You got the job? Bully for you!
你得到那份工作啦?真棒!
Not this
This restaurant is a bully.
Use this
This restaurant is bully.
bully 在本义中是形容词,意为“极好的”,作表语时直接用原形,不加 a,也不能把它当名词。
Not this
He is a bully person.
Use this
He is a bully.
形容词 bully 表示“极好的”,而不是“爱欺负人的”;要表达“爱欺负人的人”应把 bully 用作名词(a bully),不能把它当形容词修饰 person。
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好极了;干得好(常含讽刺意味)
You finished the whole pizza? Bully for you!
你把整个披萨都吃完了?真了不起!
(总统等要职带来的)绝佳讲坛;舆论阵地
The presidency is often described as a bully pulpit.
总统职位常被描述为一个绝佳的讲坛。
真行啊(多含讽刺)
You won the argument? Bully for you.
你争赢了?真行啊。
(领导人倡导主张的)强势讲坛
The president used the bully pulpit to promote the reform.
总统利用这一强势讲坛来推动改革。
我有一座天字第一号讲坛。
Theodore Roosevelt used this line to describe the U.S. presidency as an unmatched platform for advancing his agenda. Here 'bully' is old American slang for 'excellent', and the phrase has become the standard term for a public figure's powerful platform.
西奥多·罗斯福用这句话形容美国总统职位是宣传自己主张的无与伦比的平台。这里的 bully 是旧式美国俚语,意为“极好的”;如今这个词组已成为指代公众人物强势的发言平台的通用说法。
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把 bully 拆成 bull(公牛)+ y,公牛强壮有力,联想为“极好的、出色的”。
语域:informal 常见场景:旧时口语、非正式对话 该义项属旧时非正式用法,现代英语中多用于模仿旧时口语或固定习语(如 bully for you),日常交流中比较少见。
作为形容词时意为'极好的,第一流的',多用于口语,如'bully for you'(好极了)。
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