Subject: Stick to the guns.

迷你對話

A: Some of my colleagues look down upon me, because I am considered to be a man without my own standpoint.

我的一些同事瞧不起我，因為我被認為是一個沒有自己立場的人。

B: You should change yourself right now. Stick to your guns！

你應該從現在開始就改變自己，堅持自己的立場！

地道表達

stick to one’s guns

1. 解詞釋義

Stick的意思是“堅持”，短語stick to的意思是“堅持做某事”。Stick to one’s guns的字面意思是“堅持拿著自己的搶”，比喻為“堅持立場”。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. Pumpkin, I hear that some of the students at your school are fooling around with drugs. But I hope, young woman, that you stick to your guns and keep saying no!

小鬼，我聽說你們學校的學生里有吸毒的現象。我希望你堅持正道，堅決抵制這種惡習！

e.g. I have to admire the ladies who fifty years ago worked so hard to get women the right to vote. People laughed at them at first but they stuck to their guns and got the congress to pass the 19th Amendment back in 1920.

我很欽佩以前那些女士們，她們五十年前努力為婦女爭取選舉權。開始，許多人都笑話她們。但是，她們堅定不移，最后在1920年終于促使國會通過了美國憲法的第十九項修正案。

3. 視野拓展

stick to something：堅持做某事

e.g. Lionel, you just tell the cops what you saw; stick to your story.

萊昂內爾，你就把自己看到的告訴警察，實話實說。

e.g. Remember, stick to the issues and don't take it personally.

記住，就事論事，不要把問題個人化。

Ps 1：look down upon sb.的意思是“蔑視某人，瞧不起某人，看不起某人”等意思。例如：

e.g. We must not look down upon those who have lagged behind.

我們不應該瞧不起后進的人。

e.g. People usually look down upon social climbers.

人們通常瞧不起社會上那些攀龍附鳳的人。

Ps 2：right now是表示時間的副詞性短語，意思是“馬上，現在”。例如：

e.g. I'll lay odds that Dean is at your office right now.

我敢打賭迪安現在就在你辦公室。

e.g. Right now the poor old devil's drinking himself silly.

這會兒那可憐的老家伙又喝得糊里糊涂的了。

Ps 3：standpoint的意思是“立場，看法，觀點，看問題的角度”。對話中“without one’s won standpoint”的意思是“沒有主見”。例如：from the standpoint of the customer的意思是“從顧客的角度來說”。再如：

He believes that from a military standpoint, the situation is under control.

他認為從軍事角度來看，局勢已得到控制。

Ps 4：consider是考慮的意思，注意它的結構，它后面可以接2個名次，即：consider sb. sb.，第二個sb.是做第一個sb.的賓語補足語。實際上，它的用法是consider sb. as sb，這里省略了解詞as。例如：

He will be considered a weak leader.

他會被認為是個軟弱無能的領導人。