在日常生活中,我们都喜欢言行一致,信守承诺的人共事,在这个陌生人社会,那些能够用行动来证明自己的人,他们言出必行,说到做到,最终赢得更多的尊重!
那么你知道“说到做到”用英语怎么说?大家一起来和小航学习下吧。
1. “说到做到”英文怎么说?
mean可以表示“当真,说到做到”
I mean it “我说到做到”
例
I meant what I said earlier.
我刚才说的话是算数的。
You mean that?
你当真?
Mitchell: Okay, fine.
I'm not cleaning it up.
行,我不清理 。
Cameron: Great.
太好了。
Mitchell: I mean it.
我说到做到。《摩登家庭》
说话算数==you have my word. / I promise.
还有一个特别常用的表达:walk the walk,
No matter who we are, what we are doing, and where we are,
we have to walk the walk.
不论身分,不论地域,也不关我们在从事着什么,
我们都要脚踏实地,干实事。
2. “食言”英文怎么说?
1. back out “食言,变卦,说话不算数”,
指决定不去做已经答应要做的事。
英语解释为to decide not to do something,
that you had promised to do。
例
You'd better not back out on me.
你最好不要说话不算数。
You backed out again.
I won't believe what you say any longer.
你又说话不算数,
我再也不相信你了。
2. go back on sth. “违背(诺言),食(言)” ,
指不去做已经答应或同意要做的事。
英语解释为to not do something,
that you promised or agreed to do。
go back on one's word “食言,说话不算数,反悔”
go back on one's promise “违背诺言”
例
You can't go back on your word!
你不能食言!
She thinks we're her daddy,
and we'll go back on our word.
她以为我们跟她爸一样,会反悔。
3. eat one's word
eat one's word,吃掉某人的话,其实是指“收回说过的话”,
即“承认自己说错了话”,相当于take back one’s words,
而不是“失信、食言”的意思,大家不要弄错了。
例句:Don't brag so much.
I guarantee you will eat your words sooner or later.
别说大话,我保证你迟早要收回前言承认错误。
4.in word
这个意思是“口头上”,
与此意思类似的表达还有“by word of mouth 口头上地”。
例句:We should not study for the study in word.
我们不应该只是在口头上说学习。
The news was carried by word of mouth to every settlement.
这条新闻被口头传播到每一个部落。