1.表述：wet blanket

释义：Someone who ruins other people's fun. （扫兴的人）

例句： Don't invite Nicole to the party. She's such a wet blanket that she'll probably just complain the whole time.

不要邀请妮可参加聚会，因为她是个令人扫兴的人，可能会一直抱怨。

David was tired of being called a wet blanket by his friends just because he doesn't drink alcohol.

David就因为他不喝酒而被他的朋友叫做令人扫兴的人，他讨厌这种叫法。

The weatherman threw a wet blanket on our picnic plan when he forecast rain.

气象员报有雨, 给我们的野餐计划泼了冷水。

This little pilgrimage threw quite a wet blanket upon his rising spirits.

这趟路跑得他大为扫兴。

2. 表述：apple polisher ( apple-polisher)

释义：A flatterer. （奉承者，拍马屁之人）

例句：That kid is always quick to help the teacher with any little thing—what an apple polisher!

那个孩子帮助老师做任何小事情——真是个马屁精！

Everybody at my office seems to be an apple-polisher but me.

除了我，办公室里的每个人似乎都是马屁精。

3. 表述：eager beaver

释义：Someone who is very enthusiastic; someone who works very hard.（工作卖力的人，做事勤奋的人）

例句：Give that big project to the new girl, she's a real eager beaver.

把那个大项目交给新来的女孩，她真是个工作勤奋的人。

Aren't you an eager beaver, getting to the office an hour early?

你不是一个工作很努力的人吗？你提前一个小时就到办公室了。

The young assistant gets to work very early. She's a real eager beaver.

这位年轻的助理上班很早，她真是个勤奋的人。