藍(lán)色在英語(yǔ)文化中是非常重要的存在，這期我們來(lái)看看與藍(lán)色有關(guān)的英語(yǔ)表達(dá)。
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Out of the blue
出乎意料：沒(méi)有任何征兆的出現(xiàn)，突然發(fā)生
Greg has decided to quit his job out of the blue, and go travelling for a year!
格雷格突然辭了工作，外出旅行了！
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Blue pencil
用藍(lán)鉛筆校訂：對(duì)分享的內(nèi)容審查或刪節(jié)；在美式俚語(yǔ)中還可以表示“否決，不批準(zhǔn)”
The reports about how soldiers were being treated abroad had been blue-penciled by the authorities.
當(dāng)局對(duì)士兵在國(guó)外所受待遇的報(bào)告進(jìn)行了審查。
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A blue-eyed boy
寵兒，紅人：（貶義）出于一些原因，特別受上級(jí)中意的孩子或年輕男子
He is such a blue-eyed boy! I don’t like that the manager always treats him as if he is special, it is not fair on the rest of us!
他可真是個(gè)寵兒！經(jīng)理總對(duì)他搞特殊，一點(diǎn)也不公平，真讓人討厭！
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A bolt from the blue
晴天霹靂：壞消息不期而至
It was a complete bolt from the blue for us, we had no idea that they were having problems, let alone getting divorced!
我們完全沒(méi)想到他倆有問(wèn)題，更不用說(shuō)離婚了，這真是個(gè)晴天霹靂！
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Blue blood
貴族血統(tǒng)：描述某人出身高貴，家庭富裕
對(duì)時(shí)尚圈有所了解的人一定知道“四大雜志，六大藍(lán)血，八大紅血”，所謂藍(lán)血就是指奢侈品中的精英，頂級(jí)品牌中的NO.1。
這六個(gè)品牌分別來(lái)自三個(gè)國(guó)家：法國(guó)的Dior（迪奧）、Chanel（香奈兒）、Louis Vuitton（路易斯威登）、意大利的Gucci（古馳）、Prada（普拉達(dá)）、美國(guó)的Calvin Klein（CK）。
Many of the blue bloods in our town were invited to the royal wedding.
鎮(zhèn)上的貴族都收到了皇室婚禮的邀請(qǐng)。
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Blue ribbon
藍(lán)綬帶：品質(zhì)最佳或最高榮譽(yù)，最優(yōu)秀的群體
在料理界，也有藍(lán)帶廚藝學(xué)校，不知是否系出同門呀~
Blue ribbon panels of experts were invited to investigate the extraordinary remains.
權(quán)威專家小組受邀調(diào)查這些不尋常的遺體。
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Talk a blue streak
滔滔不絕地講話，語(yǔ)速還快
The woman in the hospital bed next to me talked a blue streak all day.
鄰床那位女士整日滔滔不絕連珠炮似地跟我講話。
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Feel blue
情緒低落：描述某人情緒不佳或不滿意
What’s that the matter with you today? You seem really blue. Is there something you’d like to talk about?
你看起來(lái)不太開心呀，怎么了？愿意跟我聊聊嗎？
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Blue in the face
努力勸說(shuō)某人，但往往無(wú)勞而返
I kept trying to convince him that it was a good idea until I was blue in the face, but he’s so stubborn, he just kept disagreeing with me!
我不停告訴他這是個(gè)好主意，可是直到我說(shuō)的面紅耳赤，他還是固執(zhí)己見，不聽我的！
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once in a blue moon
千載難逢：極少發(fā)生或一輩子才能遇見一次的事
My sister is working in Africa, she hardly ever has the time to call us. My parents only hear from her once in a blue moon.
姐姐在非洲工作，幾乎沒(méi)時(shí)間聯(lián)系我們。父母也很少接到她的電話。
學(xué)會(huì)了就在留言區(qū)扣個(gè)“1”哦~
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