我“方”了！盤點英語里好“方”的習(xí)慣表達

并不只有漢語才會把形狀變成“我好方”這類的習(xí)語的……(這并不是習(xí)語好嘛!)

“方”，square，在英語里的出鏡率可是高得驚人呢。

今天，小編就來盤點一下英語里那些讓人“方”了的表述。

to be a square peg in a round hole

方形的釘子插在圓形的孔里，指格格不入

? His appearance here is like a square peg in a round hole.

他在這里出現(xiàn)，顯得有些格格不入。

to go back to square one

由于受挫或陷入僵局而從頭開始

? The attempt failed and we had to go back to square one.

嘗試失敗了，因此我們得重新開始。

be there, or be square

一定要來，不見不散

通常是一種玩笑性質(zhì)的施壓，像是說，晚上party要來哦，誰不來誰是孫子。

? There's a bunch of people going to be at John's on Saturday. Be there or be square.

一堆人周六要去約翰家聚會呢，你不能不來哦。

call sth square/square accounts

雙方扯平、互不相欠

? He deliberately insulted me but I'll square accounts with him one day.

他故意侮辱我，但總有一天我會跟他算賬的。

something doesn’t cut any squares with one

不受某事影響

? The quarrel doesn’t cut any squares with him.

他完全不受這場爭吵的影響。

to be fair and square

公平對待每個人

? I ask no odds, I just want you to be fair and square.

我不要求特殊照顧，我只要求您公正。

to look someone square in the eye

看著某人的眼睛，表示坦誠

? He sat me down, looked me square in the eye and said, "I love you."

他拉我著坐下，看著我的眼睛說，我愛你。

on the square

誠實公正地、正大光明地

? We just want this trail on the square.

我們只希望這場審判能夠正大光明地進行。

out of square

不一致;不協(xié)調(diào)

? Both reports are from supposedly reliable sources, but they are out of square.

兩份報道按說來源都可靠，但兩者卻有出入。

a square answer

坦誠的答案

? He offered us a square answer.

他給了我們一個坦誠的答案。

to square away

校正或擺好;整頓就緒

? He is trying to get all his legal troubles squared away as soon as possible.

他努力把所有法律上的麻煩搞定。

a square deal

公平交易

? The workers were offered a square deal of a 40-hour week and guaranteed overtime.

工人們得到了每周40小時和保證支付加班費的公正待遇。

a square meal

一份完整的、營養(yǎng)豐富的餐食

Three square meals(經(jīng)常簡化為three squares)：指早、中、晚傳統(tǒng)三餐。

? They haven't had a square meal for four or five days.

他們已經(jīng)四五天沒吃上一頓像樣的飯了。

to square off

擺好架勢準(zhǔn)備戰(zhàn)斗或比賽

? French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint.

在一個公路檢查站法國士兵擺開陣勢，準(zhǔn)備迎戰(zhàn)一名持槍者。

to square up

解決或妥協(xié)，也指勇敢地與某人或某事對峙

? I have something to square up with you.

我有點事要和你商談解決一下。

? The world's most prestigious insurance company was last night squaring up to take on MPs who have accused it of being riddled with corruption.

世界上最負盛名的保險公司昨晚作出回應(yīng)，要和那些指責(zé)其腐敗泛濫的議員們較量一番。

to square one’s shoulders

挺起肩膀、胸膛，可指這一動作，也可比喻準(zhǔn)備迎接挑戰(zhàn)。

? You need to square your shoulders for the subsequent task.

為了接下來的任務(wù)，你要做好準(zhǔn)備。

to attempt to square the circle

做不可能的事

? It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician.

從數(shù)學(xué)家面前混過去比“化圓為方”還難。

to square something with someone

與某人就某事協(xié)調(diào)或達成一致

? I squared it with Dan, who said it was all right so long as I was back next Monday morning.

我征得了丹的同意，他說只要我下周一早上能回來就行。