【常用新聞英文語彙】raise eyebrows (idiom) 在不同語境下的不同語意表現


raise eyebrows (idiom) 在不同語境下的不同語意表現

1.令人詫異
His attitude has been raising eyebrows lately. 
最近他的態度一直令人詫異。

2.讓…大為吃驚
He raised a lot of eyebrows when he named her to be his national security adviser. 
他任命她當他的國家安全顧問時,曾讓很多人大為吃驚。
His appointment as minister in 2004 raised eyebrows among the top brass in Taipei. 
他二零零四年接任國防部長讓台北軍方高層大為吃驚。
Results of his study raise doctors’ eyebrows. 
他的研究結果讓醫生大為吃驚。

3.令人咋舌
The method of killing has also raised eyebrows. 這殺人的方法也令人咋舌。 
What the Yankees are paying Clemens raised eyebrows. 
洋基隊付給克萊門斯的價碼令人咋舌。
The $10 million transfer price they shelled for the player raised eyebrows. 
他們替這位球員付出的一千萬美元轉隊費令人咋舌。

4.令(人)深表懷疑
The company’s use of those studies in advertising has raised some eyebrows. 
這家公司拿這些研究當廣告已經令一些人深表懷疑。

5.讓人不敢領教
In a culture that fetishizes slim-ness, the idea of being fat and happy raises eyebrows.
在一個崇拜修長身材的文化中, 胖得快樂的觀念讓人不敢領教。

6.讓…刮目相看
He has raised Yankees eyebrows with the type of at-bats that help unproven players stick on big league clubs. 
他以那種幫助未受肯定的球員繼續留在大聯盟球隊的打擊表現讓洋基隊刮目相看。



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