各种跟“man”有关的英文口语

1. as one man

一齐，一致

They rose as one man to applaud his speech.

他们一起起身为他的演讲鼓掌。

2. the man in the street

一般人，普通人

The man in the street often has little interest in politics.

普通人大多对政治内容没兴趣。

3. man of letters

学者，作家

Shakespeare was perhaps Britain's greatestman of letters.

莎士比亚或许可以算是英国最伟大的作家。

4. man of the world

饱经世故者，阅历丰富者

Bob is a man of the world; why not go to him for advice?

鲍勃是个通晓世故的'人，干吗不去听听他的意见呢?

5. to a man

所有人，毫无例外

The committee, to a man, adopted the proposal.

委员会全体一致采纳了这个建议。

6. be one's own man

独立自主，不受他人支配;精神正常

Now that he has a business he is his own man.

现在他有了自己的事业，自然就可以自己做主了。

After a refreshing nap he was again his own man.

惬意午睡过后，他又恢复精神了。

7. a man about town

花花公子

John has a reputation for being a man about town.

约翰被人们认为是一个纨绔子弟。

8. man and boy

(男子)从小到大

He's been working that farm, man and boy, for more than 50 years.

他从小到大一直在农场工作，都50多年了。

9. sort out the men from the boys

选出强者/能人

OK everybody, today we're going to do a physical fitness test, which willsoonsort out the men from the boys!

大家注意，今天我们要进行体能测验，选出真正的强者!