迷你對話
A: Hello! This is Ben speaking.
你好,我是Ben。
B: Ben, this is Terry. Tomorrow night a party will beheld in my apartment. I hope you can come.
Ben,我是Terry。明天晚上我家有一個聚會,希望你能來。
A: Wonderful. I will arrive on the dot.
太好了。我會準(zhǔn)時到的。
地道表達(dá)
on the dot
1. 解詞釋義
Dot是“點(diǎn)”的意思,on the dot字面意思就是“壓著點(diǎn)的”,也就是“準(zhǔn)時的,剛好在時間到的時候來的,不早也不晚的”。這個短語很實(shí)用,例如:約會,商務(wù)會議,確定日程等。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. She was told to arrive at 8 o’clock on the dot.
她被告知八點(diǎn)鐘準(zhǔn)時到達(dá)。
e.g. She was very angry that he did not arrive on the dot; he had promised to.
他沒準(zhǔn)時到,這使她非常生氣。他答應(yīng)過準(zhǔn)時到的。
e.g. The 3 o' clock train arrived on the dot.
三點(diǎn)的火車準(zhǔn)時抵達(dá)。
e.g. She arrived at the airport at nine o'clock on the dot.
她于九點(diǎn)準(zhǔn)時到達(dá)機(jī)場。
Ps:hold a party的意思是“舉辦晚會”,相當(dāng)于have a party。再如:
I'd like to hold a party for her in my room.
我想在房間里為她開個生日會。
They hold a party in celebration of their victory.
他們舉行晚會以慶祝勝利。