Subject: You could stop a clock.

迷你對話

A: Oh, my God! You could stop a clock.

天啊，你看起來臉色好差。你看起來很不舒服。

B: I have been sick for two weeks.

我已經病了2個星期了。

地道表達

stop a clock

1. 解詞釋義

Stop a clock在美語中是用來形容一個人樣子“其丑無比” “非常難看”。在上文中，stop a clock牽涉到的主題是“人的健康”問題，形容一個人病了，精神萎靡，面容憔悴等等難看樣子。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. The old lady has a face that could stop a clock, but she is the most helpful person I have ever met.

這個老婦女奇丑無比，但她卻是我見過的最樂于助人的人。

e.g. A woman when she storms always makes herself stop a clock.

一個女人大發雷霆的時候，總使自己顯得很丑陋。

e.g. Even though she is rich, I don’t want to get married with her. She stops a clock.

雖然她有錢，但是我還是不愿意和她結婚，因為她奇丑不堪。

e.g. Don’t say like that. As it is, she is a beauty. She could stop a clock just because she has been in hospital for months.

別那樣說她，其實她是絕代美女。她因病住院幾個月了，臉色看上去難看而已。