今日短語
“Come up trumps” 是一個(gè)地道的表達(dá),它的意思是 “成功地完成一項(xiàng)任務(wù),結(jié)果出乎意料地令人滿意”。它由動詞短語 “come up(某事意外發(fā)生)” 和名詞 “trump(卡牌游戲中的王牌)” 構(gòu)成。這個(gè)表達(dá)中的 “come up” 可以用 “turn up” 替換,即 “turn up trumps”,意思不變。
例句
I thought Roger had forgotten our anniversary, but he came up trumps in the end. He organised a surprise dinner!
我以為羅杰忘了我們的紀(jì)念日,但他卻給了我一個(gè)驚喜,安排了一頓晚餐!
Our team turned up trumps with a brilliant closing statement and won the business competition!
我們的團(tuán)隊(duì)以一段精彩的結(jié)束陳詞出乎意料地贏得了那場商業(yè)比賽!
Betty came up trumps and scored the winning goal, even though she’d hurt her knee.
貝蒂在最后時(shí)刻力挽狂瀾,贏得了制勝一球,盡管她傷了膝蓋。