今天是早餐英语陪伴大家的1335期
有时候看美剧或是电影时,会听到原声中“you’re sick!”
而说话的人,和听到这句话的人,心情都特别好的来了一个high five.难道”You’re sick”不是你生病的意思吗?其实,sick在口语中也表示“特别酷的人或事物”。
cool or having a wonderful time or fabulousYou are really good at hip-hop dancing. You're a sick girl.sick as a dog表示病得十分严重。这里的sick就表示生病了。Since I came here, I have been sick as a dog.sick leave、off sick都有请病假的意思,I want to ask for sick leave.When we are off sick, we only receive half pay.请病假,工资就会受损,所以带薪病假拿到的工资,我们通常会说:Here sick pay matters, because many people cannot afford to miss work.在这种情况下,带薪病假很重要,因为许多人负担不起失业。When we are off sick, we only receive half pay.Here sick pay matters, because many people cannot afford to miss work.在这种情况下,带薪病假很重要,因为许多人负担不起失业。
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