英語習(xí)語諺語成語用法精粹 宗教神話類3-27 beware of Greeks bearing gifts

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【字面理解】要小心帶著禮物的希臘人，

【英文解析】Do not trust an opponent who offers to do something nice for you.

【中文解析】提防獻(xiàn)殷勤的敵人

【典型例句】① What a handsome present! It must cost a lot. But I was taught a long time ago to beware of the Greeks bearing gifts. What do you want?多漂亮的禮物!它一 定很貴。但是我很早以前就被告知，要提防獻(xiàn)殷勤的 人。你想要什么?

② Jill: I can’t believe Melanie brought me cookies today, when we’ve been fighting for weeks.

Jane: Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. She probably has ulterior motives.

吉爾：真不相信今天梅拉尼給我?guī)Я饲骘灨桑覀z 都斗了好幾個星期了。

簡：無事獻(xiàn)殷勤，非奸即盜。她很有可能別有所圖。

【注釋】在特洛伊人打開城門，將木馬拉入城內(nèi)時，祭 司拉奧孔(Laocoon)就說：“Do not trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.”祭司的憂慮果然成真，原來巨大的木馬里 藏滿了伏兵，希臘人里應(yīng)外合，攻破了特洛伊城。后 來beware of Greeks bearing gifts便意指小心那些突然 對你太好的敵人。