英語口語練習小對話 第753期:光明正大,誠實可靠
Subject: He is on the up and up.
迷你對話
A: I am skeptical of what the applicant said. Maybe he cheated us.
我懷疑那位應徵者說的，也許他欺騙了我們。
B: I checked out his story, he is on the up and up.
我覈實過他所講的事情，她誠實無欺。
地道表達
on the up and up
1. 解釋
On the up and up有2個意思。第一個表示“光明正大，誠實可靠，老實無欺”，用來描繪一個人非常誠實，值得信賴。第二個表示“越老越好，步步向上”，用於描述生活，健康，事業，經濟等情況。
2. 例句
e.g. She's always been on the up and up and I don't think she would have done such a thing.
她是個正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不會幹出那種事。
e.g. You can take his word for it. He has always been on the up and up.
你可以相信他的話, 他一向老實可靠。
e.g. Those who're on the up and up would feel guilty for having done such a thing
正直的人做出這們的事一定會感到內疚的。
e.g. How can we know whether a person is on the up and up by his appearance!
從一個人的外表我們怎麼能知道他是坦率的呢!
Ps 1：be skeptical of 表示“懷疑……”。例如：
We all are skeptical of the new claim.
我們所有人對這一新說法持懷疑態度。
Mary is skeptical of everything they hear.
Mary對耳朵裏聽進的東西都持懷疑態度。
Ps 2：check out的意思是“覈實，檢查，覈查”。例如：
Maybe we ought to go down to the library and check it out.
或許我們應該去趟圖書館，查個明白。
We ought to check him out on the computer.
我們理應在電腦上查清他的資料。
The police had to check out the call.
警方不得不追查那通電話。
