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1.You've seen "sideways".

那您就是个门外汉。

sideways本意是“旁边的;斜着;向侧面的”,在这里比喻为“业余的,门外汉”

He's not "sideways". He has a good taste for music.

他才不业余呢,音乐品味可好了。

关于sideways之前文章学过表达 go sideways 指事态的发展偏离了计划(朝不好的方向发展);出岔子

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2.That i can neither confirm nor deny.

对这点我不置可否

neither...nor...既不...也不....。不说是,也不说不是,不表明态度,不方便表态时可运用这句话。

When facing scandals, super stars usually neither confirm nor deny.

面对丑闻时,明星们通常都会不置可否。

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3.It was bankrolled with Russian mob money.

那是俄国黑帮资助的

这句的关键词是bankroll,指“为…提供资金;对…进行融资;资助”

To bankroll a person, organization, or project means to provide the financial resources that they need.

The company has bankrolled a couple of local movies.

这家公司已经资助了当地好几部电影。

I found some foreign investors to bankroll our new nightclub.

我找到一些海外投资者,为我们的新的夜总会出资。

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4.He wants a face-off.

他想和我决一高下

face-off 对立,摊牌,公开的对抗,对峙

a hostile disagreement face-to-face

a face-off for the championship title

争夺冠军对抗赛

a face-off between the presidential candidates

总统候选人之间的辩论

The two armies are locked in a face-off .

两军对峙。

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5.There's the rub.

没那么简单

rub本义作为动词"擦拭,揉,搓",在这里作为名词指”困难,难处,障碍“

Rub is used in expressions such as there's the rub and the rub is when you are mentioning a difficulty that makes something hard or impossible to achieve.

We need money badly, but there's the rub -- no one will lend us any.

我们急需要钱,但困难的是: 谁也不会借钱给我们。


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