可有可无意味着:可有可无。是否可有并不重要。曾经有很多人或事我们关心。现在,随着我们年龄的增长,我们突然觉得很多事情开始变得可有可无!那么你知道如何用英语说“可有可无”吗?让我们向小航学习!
1. 可有可无 英文怎么说?
one can take it or leave it “可有可无,
无所谓,无偏好,不喜欢也不讨厌”
或者说one can take them or leave them
英语解释为to neither like nor dislike something。
例
I've never been a huge fan of eggs.
I mean, I could always just take them or leave them.
我向来对鸡蛋不感冒,
既不喜欢,也说不上讨厌。
Sheldon: Do you like Raisinets?
你喜欢巧克力葡萄干吗?
Stuart: I can take them or leave them.
不喜欢也不讨厌。《生活大爆炸》
还有一些短语可以表达这个意思:
not essential;not indispensable;
may or may not be needed;
be as well without it as with it;
Money is not essential to happiness.
金钱对于幸福并非必不可少。
You have to make each player feel equally useful, but not indispensable.
你必须使每一个运动员都感到是同等的重要,而不是不可或缺的。
2. 使某人心力交瘁 take a lot out of sb.
take a lot out of sb. “使某人筋疲力尽,
使某人心力交瘁”
英语解释为to cause one a great amount ,
of mental or physical exhaustion。
也可以说take it out of you
例
The final exams really took a lot out of him.
期末考试让他心力交瘁。
These domestic chores took it out of her mother.
这些家务活让她妈妈筋疲力尽。
3. 吃惊 be taken aback
be taken aback “吃惊”
英语解释为to be very surprised about something。
例
Joseph was completely taken aback by what he said.
约瑟夫对他说的话很吃惊。
I must admit that I was taken aback.
我必须得承认我被惊到了。