昨天晚上,我去一个朋友家吃饭,饭后,朋友的太太给客人们表演了一场模仿秀。她不仅模仿了一些明星,居然还模仿了我! 而且模仿得太象了! 不仅举手投足,连声音都唯妙唯肖! 这种模仿功力让我想到了一个习惯用语,那就是:to a tee. To a tee就是“完美”“恰到好处”。
我朋友太太的模仿秀达到了to a tee的程度。我想,下次如果我有事不能来主持节目,完全可以让她来代班,观众朋友们八成听不出区别! 除了模仿秀,其它很多艺术工作也追求逼真、传神。让我们来听听下面这段话:
例句-1:My wife suggested that we have a nice portrait painted of our family. So we sat for the artist and a couple of weeks later he told us he'd finished. I had my doubts that the painting would come out really looking like us. But when he unveiled it, I was astonished! He captured our likenesses to a tee.
这个画家真有本事! 我对画画是一窍不通,不过,我先生说我在烹饪方面很有天赋。去年他生日的时候,我照着菜谱做了一次烤牛排,结果大获成功! 牛排的火候和味道都是to a tee - 恰到好处! 模样也和菜谱上的照片相差无几!
做饭要掌握火候,做人也是一样。比如买衣服,就要买符合自己身材和气质的。我们来听听下面这段话:
例句-2:With my job interview coming up, I wanted to look my best. I decided it was worth spending extra money on a high-quality designer suit. After trying on several, I found one that fit me to a tee. It was as if a tailor had made it to my exact measurements.