Miss是错过,boat是船,可miss the boat却不是“错过了船”,什么意思呢?先来看看下面的对话:
– I’m so excited for that show on Friday. Stella is my favorite singer!
我对周五的演出太兴奋了。斯特拉是我最喜欢的歌手!
– Oh no! I just realized I didn’t get the tickets.
哦,不!我刚意识到我没拿到票。
– Nooo! I thought you got it last week! Let’s check. No no no! It’s all sold out! We missed the boat.
不,我以为你上周就拿到了!让我们检查。不不不!都卖完了!我们错过了机会。
– I’m so sorry. I completely forgot.
我很抱歉我完全忘记了。
– Man, I was so looking forward to it.
兄弟,我太期待啦。
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To miss the boat means to miss an opportunity by being to slow to act.
Miss the boat从字面上理解是“错过了一班船”,其实也好猜测,这个“船”指的是某一次非常棒的机会,错过了就没了。所以,miss the boat是指由于行动迟缓而错失良机,有时可以写作miss the bus。
例句:
① Honey,I am afraid we have missed the boat,because all the tickets for the concert have been sold.
亲爱的,恐怕我们已经错失良机了,因为演唱会的门票都已经卖光了。
② You must decide now or you will miss the investment boat.
你必须现在下决定了,不然你会错失投资良机。
*可在boat前加一个词,表示某种良机。
拓展:
Sold out
All of the tickets or products are all bought already
Missed the boat
We missed out chance/opportunity
*a bigger opportunity or event
Looking forward to 期待
Excited for something to happen/waiting for it to happen, expecting this to come
‘I am looking forward to tonight’s meal.’
Long for 渴望
You want this thing and miss it, but it might not come (maybe you haven’t had this in a long time)
‘I long for a good meal.’
‘I long to win the lottery.’
(lottery is where you get a ticket and you might win a lot of money)
Let down (disappointed)
Someone couldn’t do something and something you looked forward to didn’t happen.
‘I wanted to take the day off, but I had too much work. I was let down by my job.
‘This event was a letdown.’
This let me down. (This disappointed me.)
*Missed the bandwagon/join the bandwagon
A new song comes out and everyone love it.
If you don’t know about it until after it is popular then you missed the bandwagon.
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