大家都知道,cross是交叉的意思,fingers是手指;cross one's fingers, 字面意思是手指交叉,实际上就是希望得到好运气的意思。美国人经常把食指和中指交叉,意思就是祝你好运! I cross my fingers, hoping the weather would be good this weekend. 我交叉手指,希望这个周末会有好天气。
下面例子里的这个排球运动员也相信这个动作能给他们带来好运。我们来听听看:
例句-1:Our volleyball team has beaten every team in the division so far. I know it's because we have better players and we've practiced harder. Still, we're up against our greatest challenger next week and many of us are crossing our fingers. We're hoping that we'll be successful and win the trophy.
有时候一点小小的迷信无伤大雅,对吧? 想想我从小一直弹钢琴,每次演奏之前,我都会交叉手指,期盼好运。I cross my fingers every time before performing in the concerts. 也许是我迷信,不过每次我这么做,表演都很成功! 所以,这也就成了我的好运标志。好了,enough about me.
例句-2:My daughter has been looking for a job for almost two years. After sending in lots of resumes and going on a number of interviews, she's become really frustrated. The position she just applied for looks like a good match for her skills and experience. She's got her fingers crossed. This may be the chance she's been waiting for.
我们也祝她好运! 不知道大家有没有注意到,这个短语也可以使用被动语态。所以对于我的情况,我也可以说, I have my fingers crossed that my hot air balloon adventure will take place. 我特别希望热气球之行能够成行。The team members have their fingers crossed that they'll win the next game. 球员祈求好运,希望能够赢得下一场比赛。