1. I am very fortunate to get the ringside seat to the event.
我很幸運能夠近距離觀摩這個活動。
(ringside seat:拳擊比賽中靠近拳擊臺的觀察席位,此處比喻為近距離觀察。)
2. The consumer is in the driving seat due to the huge range of goods on the market.
由于市場上商品大量堆積,現(xiàn)在是消費者在掌控大局。
(driving seat:駕駛座,這里 表示“掌控大局”。)
3. You must rent this video. It keeps you on the edge of your seat right up to the end.
你一定得租這部電影看看,它會讓你從頭到尾都聚精會神。
(keep someone on the edge of the seat:讓某人保持濃厚興趣)
4. Aunt Mary drives us all crazy with her instructions; she's an incurable backseat driver.
瑪麗姑媽指來點去的,簡直要把我們逼瘋了。她瞎亂指揮的毛病真的無可救藥了。
(backseat driver:后排座位上的司機,坐在后面喜歡告訴開車的人如何開車,意思就是指手劃腳,亂提意見。)
5. She does not have to take a back seat to any singer of her time.
同任何一位同時代的歌唱家相比,她都毫不遜色。
(take a back seat:坐在后排座位,喻指甘居人后,允許他人領(lǐng)先。)