評論
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Subject：I was only a shot in the dark.
迷你對話
A: Do you know when we will have the summer vacation?
你知道我們什么時候放暑假嗎？
B: Maybe in two weeks. I was only a shot in the dark.
可能是兩個星期以后吧，我是只是瞎猜的。
地道表達
a shot in the dark
1. 解詞釋義
Shot是“開槍”的意思?！癐 was only a shot in the dark.”是“我是瞎猜的?！钡囊馑?。想像一下有人在漆黑的夜里，到處是伸手不見五指的情況下開槍，那肯定是打不中目標的，除非是蒙中的。 A shot in the dark的字面意思是“在黑暗里開槍”，引申為“瞎猜”。 其英文解釋為：an attempt to guess something when you have no information or knowledge about it。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. It was just a shot in the dark, but I got the right answer to the teacher's question.
盡管那只是瞎猜，但我答對了老師的問題。
e.g. We had nothing to go by. It was a shot in the dark, but it turned out right.
我們是沒有根據的, 只不過瞎猜, 可是結果卻猜對了。
e.g. It' s hard to know exactly what to do we' ll just have to take a shot in the dark.
很難說怎么辦才對，我們只好瞎碰。
e.g. The whole theory is a shot in the dark and no one will ever take us seriously.
整個理論都是我們瞎猜的，因此沒有人會把我們說的當真。
Ps：have a vacation的意思是“度假”。在vacation前面加上“summer”或者是“winter”這2個表示季節的名詞，意思就是“放暑假（寒假）”。例如：
We'll have a vacation you wouldn't believe. 我們將度過一個你想像不到的假期。
How I wish to have a long vacation these days! 這些天我多么希望去度一次長假啊!
Did you have a good summer vacation? 暑假玩得開心嗎？
Do you enjoy having a winter vacation in Paris? 你喜歡去巴黎過寒假嗎?
