Subject: The professor is in top form.

迷你對話

A: I cannot understand well about what the professor sad just now. But I...

我不是很明白剛才教授講的，但是我......

B: You can go to ask the professor for an explanation. The professor is in the top form.

你可以去問問教授，教授精神很好。

地道表達

in top form

1. 解詞釋義

Be in top的意思是“很健康，競技狀態極好”，而top form的本義就是“競技狀態好”的意思。在對話中就是“精神狀態好”的意思。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. If I'm in top form, I should get rid of 95 percent of the dose in 45 minutes.

如果我的情況良好，我就應當在45分鐘內把95％的注射液清除掉。

e.g. Mr. Wallace, you seem in top form today.

Wallace先生，你今天看起來很有精神。

Ps 1：understand about something的意思是“明白......的意思，熟悉......的意思，了解.......的意思”的意思。例如：

OK, sure. And I understand about Mr. Chen's absence. It's no problem. 好的，可以。我理解陳先生為什么不能來，沒問題。

I understand about the two guards, I don't want to cause you trouble. 派這兩個保鏢，這是想得通的，我不愿意給你造成麻煩。

Ps 2：ask sb for an explanation的意思是向某人求得答案，向某人求得解釋。例如：

He decided to write her care of the West Side Post-office and ask her for an explanation, as well as to have her meet him.

他決定要給她寫封信，通過西區郵局轉交。 他要請求她給個解釋，還要請她來和他見面。