迷你对话
A: Terry, what about your performance at the horse races yesterday?
Terry,你在昨天的赛马比赛中表现怎么样?
B: Fine, I won a monkey at the horse races.
很好,我在比赛中赢得了500美元。
地道表达
win a monkey
解词释义
Win a monkey中的monkey不是指猴子,而是指“500美元”。
Ps 1:询问某人在某个场合的表现如何,可以套用下面这个句型:What about the performance...? 例如:
What about his performance at the speech competition.他在演讲比赛中表现如何?
Ps 2:at the race的意思是“在比赛中”,注意解词用at,不要用in。
He was one of the judges at the horse race.他是赛马会上的裁判员之一。
He was proud of the medal won at the race.他为那次比赛中获得的奖牌而自豪。