tive and there was nothing wrong with me. Р他说:“当我去医生那里去看试验结果的时候,我害怕得要死。可是我尽量装得若无其事。不过,当大夫告诉我化验结果是阴性;我没有问题的时候,我对他笑了,我大概一辈子也没有笑得那么高兴的。”Р玩牌的时候脸上不露表情的人往往都很谨慎,把牌放在靠胸口的地方,免得给别人偷看。这在英文里就是 close to the vest。Close to the vest用在一般情况下就是指一个人非常小心不让别人知道他在干什么。Р我们先来听听一位记者的讲话: Р例句-3:Two other governors have already announced that they will run for president in the next election but the governor of our state is still keeping his plans close to his vest -- nobody is sure what he will do. Р这是说:“另外又有两位州长宣布他们决定参加下一届的总统竞选。可是我们的州长还是对他的计划保密,谁也不知道他究竟参不参加。”Р下面一个例子是一个大公司的总裁在告诉一位同事一个机密的消息,但是要他不要说出去: Р例句-4:John, keep this close to your vest but I want to tell you pany is going to merge with a big New York corporation -- they'll announce it sometime next week. Р他说:“约翰,我要告诉你,我们的公司要和纽约的一家大公司合并了,他们下星期内就要宣布。不过你知道就行了,不要往外说。”
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