雅思词汇--“black dog”可别乱翻译成“黑狗”噢！千万别搞错，小心遭人白眼！

黑狗源自于丘吉尔的一句话：“心中的抑郁就像只黑狗，一有机会就咬住我不放。”

从此，“black dog”便成了抑郁症的代名词!所以，在英语中black dog有“沮丧”“情绪低落” “意志消沉”之意。

black dog

沮丧，意气消沉，抑郁

 I feel a black dog coming on whenever I get school.

一想到要上学我就心情低落。

☆I've got a black dog in me.

我心情不太好。

关于“dog”的相关英语表达

 yellow dog

卑鄙的人

 You are a yellow dog!

你是一个忘恩负义的人!

In spite of the fact that you treat him very well, he is a yellow dog.

尽管事实上你对他非常好，但是他仍然是个卑鄙的人。

【注意】：是否是俚语的意思，要根据语境来，比如下面这两句都是指字面意思的“黄狗”：

She has a yellow dog.

她有一只黄色的狗。

It's a yellow dog.

它是一只黄色的狗。

 dog eat dog

残酷无情的竞争，自相残杀

 It's like a dog eat dog world.

这是个残酷的世界。

 With shrinking markets, it's dog eat dog for every company in this field.

由于市场的萎缩，这些公司展开了你死我活的竞争。

hot dog

太棒了

【我们都知道“hot dog”是“热狗”，但它除了“热狗”，还可以表示惊讶或兴奋的语气，译为“太棒了”，是美国人长用的一句习语。】

 - I won the competition.

- Hot dog!

我赢得了这次比赛!太棒了!

 Hot dog! I can't wait to try out my new motorbike!

太棒了!我迫不及待想去试试我的新摩托车!

a dog's life

潦倒的生活，非常悲惨的生活

His father's bankruptcy led him a dog's life.

他父亲的破产使他过上了困苦的日子。

Poor Mike, his wife leads him a dog's life with her incessant nagging.

可怜的迈克，他妻子唠叨不休，使他过着不安宁的日子。

in the dog house

大事不妙

He is in the dog house with his boss.

他被老板冷落了。

The police caught her driving without a license. I guess she's in the dog house now.

警察逮到她无照驾驶。我想她现在麻烦大了。