spade 意为“铲,锹”,它跟说没有任何关系,但是它对应的一个习语 call a spade a spade 跟说有关系,字面意思”叫铲子为铲子“,可以意为”直言不讳,有啥说啥,直截了当地说“等,虽然这种说话方式有的时候显得不礼貌或让人不开心,寓意:
to say something the way it isto not dress the truth up and speak in a straight forward mannerit is used when the description of something is given in an honest mannerThat dress made her look fat, let's call a spade a spade before she goes out wearing it and embarrasses herself.那件衣服使她看起来很胖,在她出去之前,让我们直截了当地说吧,免得让她自己难堪。1、动名词短语 wearing it 在句中作状语表伴随。2、短语动词 go out 除了字面的”外出”的意思,还有"外出交际,与(异性)交往,熄灭,退潮“等意思。Let’s call a spade a spade, those people are lazy and shiftless.Parents are often reluctant to see any faults in their children. Rather than spoiling the children with this behaviour, it is always better to call a spade a spade.父母往往不愿看到孩子的缺点。与其用这种行为来宠坏孩子,不如直言不讳。解析:rather than 在此句中是介词,所以后面接 spoiling,意为”而不是或没有,与其(rather than 后面的内容)不如…“,相当于 instead of,又如:
Rather than driving, he rode his bike to work.Instead of driving, he rode his bike to work.
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