Is your “shelf life” longer than an iceberg lettuce’s?
If so, you outdo the former British Prime Minister Liz Truss.
#你的保鮮期有比萵苣的久嗎 ❓ 有,你就勝過英國前任首相啦❗
先是 #經濟學人雜誌 (The Economist) 在 10月 11日專欄中批評時任首相特拉斯 (Liz Truss) 主政七天就搞砸了,把她比做是萵苣:
She blew up her own government……she had seven days in control. That is roughly the shelf-life of a lettuce.
有家 #英國小報 (tabloid) The Daily Star 把這個類比 (analogy) 具體化。他們將超市買來的結球萵苣 (iceberg lettuce) 和Truss 的相片放在一起,每天開直播 (live-stream),看看是生菜先蔫掉 (wither),還是首相先掰掰。👀
Day one: Which wet lettuce will last longer❓
結果如何,已成往事。除了羨慕 #英國人高雅的譏諷 ,我們還是正經點兒,學英文吧❗
🎓名詞
1⃣ shelf life 農產、食品、藥品等可在店中販售、或可使用的保質期。
2⃣ lifespan 生物的壽命;事物的效期
3⃣ tenure 擔任某職位的在任期間
4⃣ decay 逐漸衰敗
5⃣ expiration date (美式) / expiry date (英式) 到期日
🎓動詞
1⃣ outlast 比…活得久
➡ Can a lettuce outlast Truss?
(萵苣會比[英國首相]特拉斯撐得久嗎?)
2⃣ survive 在困境中存活下來
➡ Can she survive longer than off-the-shelf produce?
(她[的任期]能比買來的農產品[保鮮期]久嗎?)
3⃣ prolong 延長
➡ Did they try to prolong the vegetable’s life?
(有人企圖幫這顆菜延命嗎?)
4⃣ (someone’s days) are numbered 來日無多,日子倒數了
➡ Her days in the job were numbered.
(她在任的時間所剩不多了。)
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