劃紅精講:
1. what on earth...
on earth(用于以how, why, what 或 where 開始的問句,表示強調,通常表示問題沒有答案或很難回答)究竟,到底;
eg. How on earth did that happen?
那件事到底怎么發生的?
eg. What on earth had Luke done?
盧克究竟做了什么?
eg. Why on earth would he want to go to such a place?
他到底為什么想去那么個地方?
2. be unfamiliar with
不熟知的;不了解的;
eg. I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.
我在這兒人地生疏。
eg. A foreigner is usually unfamiliar with many customs of a country.
一個外國人通常不熟悉別國的風俗習慣。
3. shut up
(使)住口;(使)閉嘴;
eg. Just shut up, will you?
閉嘴,好嗎?
eg. I don't feel like shutting up; I think statements about injustice should be made.
我不想住口,我認為應該發表關于不公正的聲明。
eg. A sharp put-down was the only way to shut her up.
對她冷嘲熱諷是讓她閉嘴的唯一方法。