难以对付的英文

n.螺母，螺帽；坚果，坚果果仁；难对付的人；[乐]弓根v.采坚果；拾坚果变形：复数 nuts 第三人称单数 nuts 过去式 nutted 过去分词 nutted 现在分词 nutting短语：do one's nut (英，非正式)大发雷霆nuts and bolts (非正式)基本情况；具体细节off one's nut (非正式)发疯的，发狂的a tough (或 hard) nut (非正式)难以对付的人；可怕的人a tough (或 hard) nut to crack (非正式)难以解决的问题；棘手的事情；劲敌use (或 take) a sledgehammer to crack a nut (非正式)小题大做

新概念三的题吧听力原文：Lesson 46Do it yourself自己动手Listen to the tape then answer the question below.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Did the writer repair his lawn mower in the end? Why/Why not?So great is our passion for doing things for ourselves, that we are becoming increasingly less dependent on specialized labour. No one can plead ignorance of a subject any longer, for these are countless do-it-yourself publications. Armed with the right tools and materials, newlyweds gaily embark on the task of decorating their own homes. Men, particularly, spend hours of their leisure time installing their own fireplaces, laying out their own gardens; building garages and making furniture. Some really keen enthusiasts go so far as to build their own computers. Shops cater for the do-it-yourself craze not only by running special advisory services for novices, but by offering consumers bits and pieces which they can assemble at home. Such things provide an excellent outlet for pent up creative energy, but unfortunately not all of us are born handymen.Some wives tend to believe that their husbands are infinitely resourceful and can fix anything. Even men who can hardly drive a nail in straight are supposed to be born electricians, carpenters, plumbers and mechanics. When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, some woman assume that their husbands will somehow put things right. The worst thing about the do-it-yourself game is that sometimes even men live under the delusion that they can do anything, even when they have repeatedly been proved wrong. It is a question of pride as much as anything else.Last spring my wife suggested that I call in a man to look at our lawn mower. It had broken down the previous summer, and though I promised to repair it, I had never got round to it. I would not hear of the suggestion and said that I would fix it myself. One Saturday afternoon, I hauled the machine into the garden and had a close look at it. As far as I could see, it needed only a minor adjustment: a turn of a screw here, a little tightening up there, a drop of oil and it would be as good as new. Inevitably the repair job was not quite so simple. The mower firmly refused to mow, so I decided to dismantle it. The garden was soon littered with chunks of metal which had once made up a lawn mower. But I was extremely pleased with myself. I had traced the cause of the trouble. One of links in the chain that drives the wheels had snapped. After buying a new chain I was faced with the insurmountable task of putting the confusing jigsaw puzzle together again. I was not surprised to find that the machine still refused to work after I had reassembled it, for the simple reason that I was left with several curiously shaped bits of metal which did not seem to fit anywhere. I gave up in despair. The weeks passed and the grass grew. When my wife nagged me to do something about it, I told her that either I would have to buy a new mower or let the grass grow. Needless to say our house is now surrounded by a jungle. Buried somewhere in deep grass there is a rusting lawn mower which I have promised to repair one day.New words and expressions 生词和短语pleadv. 找（借口），辩解ignorancen. 无知，不懂publicationn. 出版物newlywedsn. 新婚夫妇gailyadv. 愉快地，高兴地leisuren. 空闲keenadj. 热心的，渴望的advisoryadj. 咨询的novicen. 新手consumern. 消费者，顾客assemblev. 装配，组装outletn. 出路creativeadj. 创造性的handymann. 手巧的人，能工巧匠resourcefuladj. 足智多谋的fusev. 由于烧断保险丝而短路ricketyadj. 要散架的，晃动的clogv. 堵塞delusionn. 错觉lawn mower割草机adjustmentn. 调整screwn. 螺丝钉dismantlev. 拆卸chunkn. （厚）块snapv. 绷断insurmountableadj. 不能克服的，难以对付的jigsawn. 线锯nagv. 唠叨不休rustv. 生锈 参考译文现在我们自己动手做事的热情很高，结果对于专业工人的依赖越来越少了。由于出版了不计其数的教人自己动手做事的书报杂志，没有人再能说对某事一无所知。新婚夫妇找来合适的工具和材料，喜气洋洋地开始布置新房。特别是男人，常利用空闲时间安装壁炉、布置花园、建造车库、制作家具。有些热衷于自己动手的人甚至自己组装电脑。为了满足自己动手热的需要，商店不仅为初学者提供专门的咨询服务，而且为顾客准备了各种零件，供他们买回家去安装。这些东西为人们潜在的创造力提供了一个绝妙的用武之地。但不幸的是，我们并非人人都是能工巧匠。妻子常常认为她们的丈夫无比聪明能干。甚至那些连一枚钉子都钉不直的男人都被认为是天生的电工、木匠、水管工和机械师。每当电灯保险丝烧断、家具榫头松动、管道堵塞、吸尘器不动时，有些妻子认为丈夫总有办法。自己动手的例子中最糟糕的是，有时甚至是男人尽管接连失败却还误以为自己什么都行，原因就是要面子。今年春天，妻子让我请人检查一下我家的割草机。那台割草机去年夏天就坏了，尽管我答应修，但一直没抽出时间，我不愿听妻子的建议，说我自己会修。一个星期六的下午，我把割草机拉到了花园里，仔细检查了一番。在我看来，只需稍加调整即可。这儿紧紧螺丝，那儿固定一下，再加几滴油，就会像新的一样了。事实上，修理工作远不是那么简单。修完后割草机还是纹丝不动。于是，我决定把它拆开。一会儿工夫，割草机便被拆成一个个金属零件，乱七八糟地堆在花园里。但我却非常高兴，因为我找到了毛病所在。驱动轮子的链条断了一节。我买来一根新链条后，面临的就是如何把这些令人眼花缭乱的拼板重新组装起来。等我装完后，那台割草机仍然一动不动，对此我倒并不感到吃惊。原因很简单，因为还剩下几个形状奇特的零件似乎哪里也装不上去。我无可奈何，只好罢休。几个星期过去了，草长了起来。妻子喋喋不休让我想点办法。我告诉她，要么买一台新割草机，要么让草长下去。不用说，我家现在已被丛林包围。深草丛中的某个地方有一台正在生锈的割草机，那就是我曾答应某日要修理的割草机。 2. [已通过] “sarah1983”提供 注：截至2008-07-26 09:46:09网友提供的最好的听力原文 L46-08 begin 12’09”【Vocabulary】 P214Explain the meanings of the following words and phrases as they are used in the passage: inreasingly(l.2); plead ignorance (l.3); gaily embark on the task (l.5); installing (l.7); novices (l.9); repeatedly (l.17)increasingly: more and moreplead ignorance 找借口辩解说不知情（=get an excuse for not knowing）gaily embark on the task: happily start the jobinstalling: fixingnovice: 新手 beginner / learner repeatedly : 反反复复地，重复地 （=again and again; renewedly）【Multiple choice questions】Comprehension1 Why did the writer’s wife suggest calling in a man to look at the mower?a. To get her husband to mend it, believing him to be a born carpenter.b. She had forgotten that her husband had promised to mend it.c. She suspected it would otherwise remain unrepaired and the grass uncut.d. Her husband had repeatedly tried mending it already without success.suspected (that )... / doubt whether...remain unrepaired uncut2 The writer decided to dismantle the mower because _____ .a. it was a Saturday and he had the time to spareb. he had discovered the cause of the troublec. he thought it was a sure way of roving it would not workd. what repairs he had already carried out had not proved adequatedismantle: take apart 拆开adequate: enough背熟：what repairs he had already carried out had not proved adequate3 The writer’s house is now surrounded by a jungle because _____ .a. he lost several pieces of the mower in the process of dismantling itb. by now the lawn mower is too rusty to cut the grass withc. besides not having cut the grass, he has failed to cut down the treesd. his wife was not prepared to let him buy a new lawn mowerbe prepared to doStructure 4 ★★★ ---- that we are _____ dependent on specialized labour as we used to be. (ll.1-2)a. increasingly less b. becoming not so c. not nearly as d. becoming lessas...asused to beEg: He doesn’t work as hard as he used to.5 Whatever it is, a fused light, _____ furniture, a clogged pipe, a broken-down vacuum cleaner, wives automatically assume... (ll.14-15)a. shaked b. a shaken c. a shaky d. shaky平行结构6 ---- my wife said to me: ‘Darling, _____ call someone in to look at the lawn mower?’ (l.18)a. why don’t you b. why you don’t c. would you be kind to d.do you kindlysuggest doing sth. ----Why don’t you? Why not?7 ---- which I have promised to get round _____ one day. (l.19)a. to repair it b. to repairing c. repairing d. to repairing it get round to doing / come round to doingVocabulary8 To plead ignorance of a subject is no longer a _____ , for there are... (ll.2-4)a. wise precauting b. literary discussion c. legitimate excuse d. reasonable allowanceprecaution: 预防措施 take precautionslegitimate: reasonable9 Men, _____ spend hours of their leisure time on do-it-yourself. (ll.6-7)a. mostly b. especially c. rather d. speciallyparticularly, especially10 Some women assume that their husbands will somehow put things _____ (ll.14-15)a. in order b. well c. in straight d. correctlyL46-08 end 12’09”L46-09 begin 0’37”11 I was left with bits of metal which did not seem to _____ anywhere. (l.28)a. fasten b. suit c. go d. fixsuit 指合乎要求，口味，性格12 _____ , our house is now surrounded by a jungle. (ll.29-30)a. As a matter of fact b. As you can imagine c. As a result d. As a last resort【Key to Multiple choice questions】1. C 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. A 11. C 12. B L 46-09 end 0’37” Lesson46B end 54:56 Lesson46 end 1:43:28

答： 非常有趣的短语：nuts and bolts。其实就是螺母和螺钉，把它们放到一块，其实是最平常不过的五金件了，但是在英语里面nuts and bolts有一个意思非常非常地好，指的就是一些具体事情的具体细节，或者是最基本的组成部分。〔参考资料〕 ”新语录”—坚果 1) 今日看点 Where are the nuts？坚果在哪里？在超市里，在工具箱中，在芭蕾舞剧中，在动画片里，在我们的日常用语中。它真可谓是“无处不在”！那你所知道的有关“nuts”的词汇又有多少呢？不用着急，赶紧加入我们“nuts大搜索”，把一个个难啃的“坚果”统统“吃掉”！ 点击本期关键词：nut 坚果 2）重点词汇 nut 坚果 疯子 头 螺母 walnut 核桃 peanut 花生 chestnut 板栗t cashew 腰果 almond 杏仁 pistachio 开心果 hazel nut 榛子 bolt 螺钉 nutcracker 胡桃夹子 a hard nut to crack 难以对付的人或者事 be nuts about 对… 疯狂 着迷 it costs peanuts. 很便宜 3）内容摘要 到哪里才能找到坚果呢?我想你第一个会想到的地方一定是超市。没错，你看在这家超市里，你可以买到各种各样的坚果。现在我们就来看一下，这里都有哪些种类的坚果。这个是walnut 核桃。据营养学家说，吃核桃对我们的大脑有好处，可能是吧，我买一包。 我想这个一定是很多人的最爱，就是peanut 花生，尤其是男人们在一起喝酒的时候，总喜欢要上一小碟花生，当下酒菜助兴。 哦，我差点把这个给忘了，看看这是什么？原来是chestnut 板栗。这是很有北京特点的小吃，尤其是糖炒栗子。 这种坚果非常有意思，你看它长的样子就像人的肾脏，所以它有一个非常形象的中文名字， 叫做“腰果”，但在英文中我们把它叫做cashew，记住了吗？ 这个是almond 杏仁，你喜欢吗？现在我有一个问题要问大家，你知道松鼠最喜欢吃什么吗？答案当然就是hazel nut 榛子。那你们知道我最喜欢吃的坚果是什么吗？那就是pistachio 开心果。有意思的是，这种坚果的中文名字叫做“开心果”，但在英文中，你可不能叫它happy nut；在英文中它叫做pistachio。它为什么会被叫做开心果呢？我想是因为它的形状有点像你微笑的时候，把嘴微微地张开。今天我们给大家介绍了这么多坚果，刚才我告诉了大家， 我最喜欢吃的坚果是开心果，那你最喜欢吃的坚果是什么呢？ 哇，这么多好吃的坚果，什么都有，我都有点嘴馋了。我可以吃吗？我就知道你会馋，可以吃，可以吃，不过待会儿再吃，先放下来，我们先来学一学这里都有哪些不同的坚果。我认识这一个，这是核桃walnut，对不对？对对对，这个大家看一下，是栗子chestnut，有糖炒栗子。这个是我非常喜欢的，它叫做开心果pistachio。接下来是这个，它叫做榛子hazel nut。花生peanut在中国也是很受欢迎的食品。这个来看一下，这叫做腰果cashew，它看起来就像肾一样。这里最后还有一个，叫做杏仁almond。其实大家看，不管是核桃还是花生都叫做nut，就是坚果。但是nut在英文里面，除了“坚果”这个意思之外，还有很多其他有趣的意思。那么第一个有趣的意思就是指你的“头”。听好这个例子：The man cracked his nut on the ceiling.这句话可不是说，这个人在屋顶上敲什么坚果，而是说他在屋顶上把头给磕破了。 也许我们的头就像一个“大坚果”。nut也可以来形容一些人，他们的行为非常有趣，经常喜欢跟别人开一些玩笑，有时表现得跟其他人不太一样，（指的）是那些好像与众不同，有点特别，非常有趣，非常滑稽的人。但（这种说法）没有什么贬义，比如你可以说：He is a real nut或者是My family is full of nuts. 其实这个时候说的是这个人非常有趣，非常幽默，并没有其他的意思。刚才第一站，杨舒带我们到超市里面找到了各种各样的坚果，那下面她又会去哪儿找与“nuts”相关的东西呢？我们一起来看一下。 哇，我找到了，胡桃夹子 a nutcracker。刚才我去了超市买了一些坚果，有些坚果是没壳的，有些是有壳的，就像这个核桃。如果我想吃这个核桃的话，就需要一个胡桃夹子来帮忙。有了这个夹子，要吃核桃就不那么费劲了。这个是核桃的果肉 meat。我来尝一尝。味道不错！ meat 就是果肉的意思，shell 就是壳的意思。胡桃夹子是吃核桃时必不可少的工具，不过在这个工具箱里还有更多与“nuts”相关的东西，你不相信我说的话？那我就来找给你看。就在这里。你知道这是什么吗？这是nut 螺母，这是bolt 螺钉。不过这个“nut”却是不能吃的哟。 这就是螺母，而这个是螺钉，一般来说螺母和螺钉都是成对使用的，因此我们也有了一个非常有趣的短语：nuts and bolts。其实就是螺母和螺钉，把它们放到一块，其实是最平常不过的五金件了，但是在英语里面nuts and bolts有一个意思非常非常地好，指的就是一些具体事情的具体细节，或者是最基本的组成部分。我们这里有一个例句，听好了：Let’s get down to the nuts and bolts of how we are to achieve our goals.我们要达成既定的目标，要从这些具体的事情来入手。那现在我们就来看看，下一站杨舒会带我们去哪里。 Hey, Susie I have wonderful news for you. 嗨 Susie 我有一个好消息要告诉你 Oh, what's that? 哦 是什么 Guess what? Your favorite basketball team 你知道吗 你最喜欢的那支篮球队 is going to hold a match tomorrow on our campus. 明天要在咱们学校打一场比赛 And I have got two tickets for that. 我这里有两张票 Want to come with me? 想跟我一块去看吗 I'm not interested this time. 这次就算了吧 Well, Mary is having a birthday party tonight. 今天晚上Marry家有一个生日聚会 You know it will be no fun at all without you. 如果你不去 聚会就没意思了 Come and join us. 跟我们一块去吧 Maybe the next time she has a birthday party. 等下次她再举行生日晚会的时候吧 What's wrong with you? 你是怎么了 You used to be quite enthusiastic 你平常对这些活动 about such activities. 都挺感兴趣的 But now you seem to be a total stranger. 今天怎么像换了一个人似的 Well, don't you know that we are going to 你不知道吗 我们明天 have a math exam tomorrow? 有一场数学考试 I have to study hard for it. 我今天要复习功课 Don't be so nervous, 别这么紧张嘛 it's only a math exam. 不就是一场数学考试吗 It will be a piece of cake for you. 对你来说还不是小菜一碟 A piece of cake? Maybe for you, 小菜一碟 对你可能是这样 but definitely not for me. 对我绝对不是小菜一碟 For me, it's a hard nut to crack. 这可是一场难应付的考试 a hard nut to crack 你知道这是什么意思吗 Elyn和Rebecca会告诉我们 a hard nut to crack，就像短语所形容的，一个核桃的壳太硬了，敲不开。如果你说某一个人是“一颗难以敲开的核桃”，你指的是要想劝说这个人去做一些事情是很困难的，他一般不太会同意别人的说法。 我们来想象一下：如果你有一个核桃，它的壳非常硬，很难打开，即使是用核桃夹子也打不开，就像这样，你非常用劲地去夹，但还是打不开，我还是放弃吧。这就是“a hard nut to crack”，指的就是这个东西非常非常地不好对付。刚才Elyn和Rebecca讲到，a hard nut to crack可以用来形容人，比如我们可以说： He is a real hard nut to crack. 指的就是这个人非常非常地难缠，非常非常地不好对付。在刚才的对话中，我们也听到a hard nut to crack也可以用来形容某些事情： The math exam is a hard nut to crack.. 指的就是数学考试也是很不好对付的。 Have you seen Jenny these days? 你最近看到Jenny了吗 No, what happened to her? 哦 没有呀 她怎么了 Well, she had her long hair cut and 她把自己的长发剪掉了 dyed various colors. 还染成各种各样的颜色 And she has rejected jeans and T-shirts 她现在不穿牛仔裤和T恤衫 and is wearing weird clothes. 专穿那些造型怪异的服装 Oh, is that true. I can't believe it. 这是真的吗 我都不敢相信 She must be nuts about that pop singer 她一定是对那个流行歌星崇拜地发狂了 who always dresses up in strange ways. 那个歌星就经常穿着怪异 Right, that's certainly what she is doing. 没错 一定这样的 许多有关“nuts”的短语都带有“疯狂”的意思。你可以说“他真是疯了”。有关nuts的短语可以是褒义的，比如说，我太喜欢那个男孩了，我为他发狂了，时时刻刻都在想着他。有些短语却是贬义的，比如说，She is nuttier than a fruitcake.水果蛋糕是上面有很多坚果仁的那种。如果说 You are a nutty person.指的是你像一个疯子一样。 I really like your coat. 我很喜欢你这件外套 It goes well with your skin color. 它的颜色跟你的肤色很配 Oh, thank you. 是吗 谢谢 Such a pretty coat, it must have cost a lot of money. 这么漂亮的衣服一定得花不少钱吧 Well, it's not that expensive. 哦 没有你想象的那么贵 Then how much did it cost? 那要花多少钱呢 It only costs peanuts. 没花几个子 许多关于花生的短语指的都是 “渺小的” “便宜的”意思。你可以说 That only costs peanuts.指的就是这样东西不是很贵，非常便宜。还有这样一句短语：No comments from the peanut gallery.这句话听起来有些奇怪。peanut指的是很小的人，你可以把婴儿或者小孩叫做a peanut。peanut gallery指的是电影院里楼座的位子，二楼的位子就叫做gallery。一般楼座的位子都卖得比较便宜，那通常也是小孩坐的位子。如果你想让小孩安静下来，你就可以说， No comments from the peanut gallery.

具体细节的意思

「nut」的翻译名词坚果nut核心core, kernel, nucleus, nut

difficult的读法有两种：英 [ˈdɪfɪkəlt]  美 [ˈdɪfɪkəlt]

difficult的意思：

adj. 困难的；不随和的；执拗的

短语

1、Difficult thing 你做成的难事 ; 困难的事

2、difficult position 困境 ; 困难的处境 ; 艰难的境况 ; 困

3、not difficult 不难 ; 不困难 ; 不是很难 ; 简单的

4、arduous difficult 艰巨的 ; 艰苦的

5、difficult swallowing 吞咽困难

6、Difficult urination [中医] 小便不利 ; 小便难

7、Become difficult 步履艰难

8、difficult a 困难的 ; 艰苦的 ; 难对付的 ; 难的

9、Difficult factors 困难因素

扩展资料

difficult的近义词是：tough

tough的读法：英 [tʌf]  美 [tʌf]

tough的意思：

1、adj. 艰苦的，困难的；坚强的，不屈不挠的；坚韧的，牢固的；强壮的，结实的

2、n. 恶棍

3、vt. 坚持；忍受，忍耐

4、adv. 强硬地，顽强地

5、n. (Tough)人名；(英)图赫

not to go anywhere没用，没有任何作用