Subject：The company seems fishy.

迷你对话

A: The company told me that they would charge 200 dollars for training according to the tradition.

那家公司说，按照惯例他们要收200美元的培训费。

B: The company seems fishy. You should be careful.

这家公司听起来很可疑。你应该谨慎点。

地道表达

fishy

1. 解词释义

Fishy一词是有fish一次的本义引申而出来的意思是“可疑的，靠不住的”，fish在我们手中是滑溜溜的，不好抓住。因此，就有了其引申义。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. It's a bit fishy, giving away a mattress like that?

这可有点儿叫人怀疑，把这么好一床垫褥送人。

e.g. There's something fishy about his testimony.

他的证言有可疑之处。

e.g. His excessive politeness seemed fishy.

他礼貌过度周到,令人觉得有些可疑。

e.g. There was something fishy about that guy.

那家伙行为可疑。

Ps 1：charge some money for something的意思是“收取......的费用”。例如：

How much do you charge for mending shoes? 修鞋要多少钱?

I'm not going there again they charged me1 for a cup of coffee! 我再也不到那儿去了，一杯咖啡就要了我1英镑!

Ps 2：according to的意思是“根据，依照......”。例如：

He reasoned out the conclusion according to the theory. 他根据这个理论作出了结论。

From each according to his ability and to each according to his work. 各尽所能，按劳分配。