迷你對話
A: Wake him up! We are at meeting.
叫醒他,我們在開會。
B: Sorry, boss. He pulled an all-nighter for thework.
對不起,老總。他昨晚為工作的事情熬夜了。
地道表達(dá)
pull an all-nighter
1. 解詞釋義
表示“熬夜”,可以用stay up或者是burn the oil night。那么除此之外,我們還可以用pull an all-nighter來表達(dá)。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. I can't believe I got an A on this assignment because I pulled an all-nighter to write it.
我不敢相信我這份作業(yè)得了優(yōu)等的成績,因為我是熬夜寫成的。
e.g. He could pull an all-nighter nights and sleep the whole day through.
他能幾夜不睡,又能整天睡覺。
e.g. I'll pull an all-nighter to draft this story.
我準(zhǔn)備通宵把這篇報道趕出來。
e.g. Owing to still very weak, she can not pull an all-nighter for long time.
由于還很虛弱,她不能長時間熬夜。
Ps :at meeting:在開會 wake sb up:把某人叫醒來