英語口語練習小對話 第775期:奇醜無比
Subject: You could stop a clock.
迷你對話
A: Oh, my God! You could stop a clock.
天啊，你看起來臉色好差。你看起來很不舒服。
B: I have been sick for two weeks.
我已經病了2個星期了。
地道表達
stop a clock
1. 解釋
Stop a clock在美語中是用來形容一個人樣子“其醜無比” “非常難看”。在上文中，stop a clock牽涉到的主題是“人的健康”問題，形容一個人病了，精神萎靡，面容憔悴等等難看樣子。
2. 例句
e.g. The old lady has a face that could stop a clock, but she is the most helpful person I have ever met.
這個老婦女奇醜無比，但她卻是我見過的最樂於助人的人。
e.g. A woman when she storms always makes herself stop a clock.
一個女人大發雷霆的時候，總使自己顯得很醜陋。
e.g. Even though she is rich, I don’t want to get married with her. She stops a clock.
雖然她有錢，但是我還是不願意和她結婚，因爲她奇醜不堪。
e.g. Don’t say like that. As it is, she is a beauty. She could stop a clock just because she has been in hospital for months.
別那樣說她，其實她是絕代美女。她因病住院幾個月了，臉色看上去難看而已。
