英語習語諺語成語用法精粹 歷史故事類1-3 a Parthian shot

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【字面理解】帕提亞式射擊

【英文解析】a remark or action, often an unkind one, that somebody makes just as they are leaving

【中文解析】臨別時不友好的話(行為)

【典型例句】① As Jim walked out of the door, his parting shot was, “I never want to see any of you again.” 吉姆走出門 時說了一句狠話:“我再也不想見到你們?nèi)魏我粋€人。”

② “Well，you’d better be carefiil,” he said threateningly. And, with that parting shot, he stormed out of the room. 1他恐嚇道：“哼，你們最好小心一點兒。”說完就怒氣 沖沖地大步走出了房間。

【注釋】詞源學家認為，parting shot的本源是Parthian shot。 Parthian Empire (帕提亞王國)位于現(xiàn)伊朗東北部，據(jù) 說，帕提亞人精于射箭，他們最有名的戰(zhàn)術(shù)是“假裝 退卻，然后再回身放箭殺傷敵人”。由此，Parthian shot常用來指“回馬射”，“回馬槍”?，F(xiàn)常用來指“一 方在爭吵中居于劣勢時，扔下一句戧人語(頗有影響 力的回擊語或余味無窮的報復(fù)語)，然后憤然離去”。 變體：a parting shot。