午饭在英文里就是:Lunch美国人有一个很老的俗语,那就是:There's no such thing as a free lunch. 这个俗语翻到中文就是:白吃午饭这种事是没有的。这句话现在已经成为美国人经常用的俗语了。它的含意当然要超越午饭这个范围...
2. Okay.I got you.If you say:There is no such thing as a free lunch,what you mean is/you mean:No free lunch.Everything costs something.Nothing is given away for free=for nothing. 三天之后你再回过头来看这条学习,如果开口还是只会说中文“天下没有免费的午餐”,你的英语学习是失败的! 作者...
即使是非专业人士只要不被贪欲蒙蔽了双眼,也应该知道“There's no such thing as a free lunch.”(天下没有免费的午餐)。“免费午餐”(free lunch)的把戏在美国由来已久,起始于19世纪中叶。不过,它不是向没饭吃的穷人的施舍,而是指酒馆老板为了吸引酒客,为买酒水的人提供免费午餐。免费午餐通常是冷食,...
常听说这样一句话:There's no such thing as a free lunch.(没有免费的午餐),你知道这句话怎么来的? 十九世纪的时候,美国有些酒吧给顾客提供“免费的午餐”。 所谓午餐,其实不过是些用来和啤酒一起送出的脆饼;而所谓免费,...
他于1972年出版的杂论集《一个经济学家的抗议》在1975年再版时,已改名为《世上没有免费午餐这回事》(There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch)。上述种种,令笔者得出这句话是佛利民所“发明”的结论。 但是,近读哥伦比亚大学政治学教授大卫·波云的《经济结构术》(《Economic Statecraft》,普林斯顿大学出版社...
世间万物的存在,必定有其存在的价值和意义,每一个事物的产生必定有其产生的根源,并非凭空而降。There's no such thing as a free lunch.世界上没有免费的午餐。我们常常听说这样一句话:There's no such
There's no such thing as a free lunch. 白吃午饭这种事是没有的。 世界上没有任何不付出代价就能得到的东西;也许当时你不用付出代价,但是迟早你得付,即便不是付钱,你也得为别人效劳来偿还。 I never let a lobbyist buy me a lunch or do any favor for me. Early in my political career I learned...
所以,当时有人说:There's no such thing as afree lunch.例:Idon't believe he's giving us the money without any ulterior motive.There's no such thing as a free lunch.我不相信他送钱给我们不是别有用心。世上没有免费的午餐。 2【题目】There's no such thing as a free lunch.常听说这样...
), also known as "there is no such thing as a free lunch" (TINSTAAFL), is an expression that describes the cost of decision-making and consumption. The expression conveys the idea that things appearing free always have some cost paid by somebody, or that nothing in life is truly free....
第249讲there's no such thing as a free lunch... 内容: 今天我们要讲的两个习惯用语都跟吃午饭有关系。 午饭在英文里就是:Lunch美国人有一个很老的俗语,那就是:There's no such thing as a free lunch.这个俗语翻到中文就是:白吃午饭这种事是没有的。 这句话现在已经成为美国人经常用的俗语了。