英语叠词的常用用法
1.Chop-chop快点，赶快
Chop-chop! We are going to be late!
快点！我们要迟到了！
Come on, chop-chop! We gonna win.
来啊，快点！我们要赢了！
2.Fifty-fifty对半分，一半一半
Why don't we go fifty-fifty?
要不我们对半分吧。
There’s a fifty-fifty chance that you are right.
有50%的可能性你是对的。
3.Goody-goody单纯善良的人（用于讽刺别人时），会拍马屁的人
You are such a goody-goody!
你怎么老拍马屁？
You are all a bunch of goody-goodies!
你们怎么都那么听话?
4.Go-go活跃的；快速增长的
He’s a go-go person.
他是个十分活跃的人。
The go-go years of the early 21st century
21世纪初的那个奔腾年代
5.Hush-hush嘘声，秘密的
This matter is hush-hush.
这件事要谨慎保密的。
You don't want to hush-hush his scandal to me.
你别想对我隐瞒他的丑事。
6.Win-win双赢
We are trying to establish a win-win relationship.
我们努力建立一种双赢的关系。
Free trade is not always a win-win situation.
自由贸易并非总是双赢局面。
7.Pooh-pooh蔑视，发呸呸声
He pooh-poohed that idea.
他对那条建议嗤之以鼻.
He pooh-poohed at the sight.
他一看到这情况就呸了一声。
8.Drip-drip雨水声，一点点
the drip-drip of bad news
一点点发布的坏消息
a steady drip-drip from the branches of the trees
不断从树木的枝碰上往下滴水之声
9.No-no禁忌
In the United States, asking the age of a lady is a big no-no.
在美国，问一位女士的年龄是一件绝对禁忌的事情。
We all know that cheating on our taxes is a no-no.
我们都知道偷税漏税是绝对不行的。
10.So-so马马虎虎，不好不坏的
Their lunch was only so-so.
他们的午餐只能算是凑合凑合。
Although you spoke highly of the film, I just feel it’s so-so.
不管你怎么夸耀那部影片，我还是觉得它一般般。
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