摘要

<正>英语中有一类习语,它们至少由四个单词构成,其中两个单词意义相反。这对反义词在结构上属于并列关系,大都由and、or、for、nor连接。本文现结合常用辞书就这类常见习语作一归纳。1.blow hot and cold:忽冷忽热,反复无常;摇摆不定,三心二意。例如:They have got tired of Tom’s blowing hot and cold.他们对汤姆的反复无常感到厌倦。He’s been blowing hot and cold about the trip to Brazil.他对去巴西这事一直变来变去。Local residents have been blowing hot and cold on the question of whether to build a new school.当地居民对是否应该建立一所新学校的问题犹豫不决。