大家好,欢迎来的饼哥英语的频道,今天我们分享一个非常有用且地道的表达——small wonder, 这个短语的含义不是指“小奇迹”,其正确的含义是:
small wonder 毫不奇怪,并不惊讶
After five years with the company she hadn’t been promoted – small wonder that she decided to quit her job.
在那家公司工作了5年,她都没有获得升职——她决定辞职毫不奇怪。
I was always terrible at math in school, so it’s small wonder that I have such trouble filing my taxes.
我在学校里的数学一直很糟糕,所以我报税这么麻烦也就毫不奇怪了。
Small wonder you had such trouble starting the car: the battery is almost completely dead!
你启动汽车如此困难我并不惊讶:蓄电池几乎完全没电了!
You drank an entire bottle of bourbon by yourself? Small wonder that you feel as bad as you do this morning.
你一个人喝了一整瓶波旁威士忌?你今天早上的感觉会这么糟,我毫不奇怪!