be in the same boat 字面意思”在同一条船上“,跟中文的表述”在同一条绳子上的蚂蚱“非常吻合,通常用来指与他人处于一样的某个特定的情况,可以意为”在同一条船上;处境相同,面临同样的困境“,寓意:
be in the same unpleasant situation as other people和其他人一样处于不愉快的境地 facing the same challenges as others面临着和其他人一样的挑战 having the same problems有同样的问题 还有其他的表达方式:all in the same boat. 例如:
The speaker said that everyone should make an effort towards protection of the environment, as everyone was in the same boat and climate changes would have dire consequences for all.这位发言者说,每个人都应该努力保护环境,因为每个人处境相同,气候变化将给所有人带来可怕的后果。 解析:as 和 since 都可以引导原因状语从句,用来说明听众已经知道的原因,since 更正式。 Joe said that he hated his job, to which Bill retorted that they were all in the same boat.乔说他讨厌他的工作,比尔反驳说他也处于同样的境地。
解析:which 引导的非限制性定语从句,跟在介词 to 后面作介词宾语。 When it came to contributing for the event, they realized all of them were in the same boat; none of them had much money with them, so they decided to drop it.当谈到为这次活动捐款时,他们意识到他们都面临同样的困境;他们都没有带多少钱,所以决定放弃。 解析:when it comes to 后面接动名词或名词,表示“当涉及(做)某事的情况、事情或问题时”。
I know this is difficult work, but we are all in the same boat here, so we'll have to do this together.我知道这是一项艰巨的工作,但我们在这里面临同样的困境,所以我们必须一起做这项工作。 解析:work 意为”工作“时,是不可数名词。 如果有人试图敲诈勒索你,你就可以简单地表达:We are in the same boat.