尷尬，老外說的ATM居然不一定是取款機？

提到ATM，大家是不是第一時間想到銀行的提款機？

我相信百分之九十九的朋友都跟我一樣吧~想到大把鈔票啥啥啥的~但是英文里，ATM居然不一定表示自動取款機？可惡啊，又讓它裝到了。

但是這麼好玩有趣的表達，我不允許你們不會說！！快來一起學習吧！

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初來乍到

fresh off the boat

Newly arrived in another country but has yet to learn the customs and language.

例句：

He's fresh off the boat, and he just arrived yesterday.

他初來乍到，昨天才到的。

She's been here for over a year, but she behaves as if she』s fresh off the boat.

她在這裡已經一年多了，可她表現得好像是初來乍到似的。

根據大家所說

by/from all accounts

- as said by most people

例句：

By all accounts, San Francisco is a city that』s easy to fall in love with.

眾所周知，舊金山是一個很容易愛上的城市。

From all accounts, he』s a really nice guy.

據大家所說，他真的是一個好人。

提出，相處

come up with sth

-To suggest or think of an idea or plan

例句：She』s come up with some amazing schemes to double her income.

她想出了一些驚人的計劃來使她的收入翻一番。

They came up with words that their parents wouldn』t understand.

他們提出了父母不會理解的話。

不在乎

be no skin off sb』s nose/back

-It makes no difference to you what someone else does or thinks.

例句：

It's no skin off my nose if you don』t take my advice.

如果你不聽我的勸告，也沒關係。

It's no skin off their nose if you show up to the show or not.

不管你去不去都沒關係。

弄清楚

figure/work sth out

To understand something or to find the answer to something by thinking about it.

例句：

There will be a full investigation to work out what caused the accident.

將進行全面調查，找出事故原因。

Investigators needed several months to figure out that a fraud had been committed.

調查人員需要幾個月的時間來查明是否有欺詐行為。

多此一舉，白費口舌

preaching to the choir

To try to persuade people who already agree with you.

例句：

The men who really need to hear the message don't come to the meetings, so I'm just preaching to the choir.

真正需要聽到消息的人不會來開會，所以我只是白費口舌。

此時此刻

ATM - at the moment

隨時

ADN - any day now

美國總統

POTUS - President of the United States

儘快

ASAP - as soon as possible

我得走啦

GTG - got to go

祝有美好的一天

HAND - have a nice day

（來源：早安英文公眾號 編輯：yaning）

來源：早安英文公眾號