摩登家庭第二季5-8集筆記

02-02

第五集

It was a fake-out to make sure that their kid got a spot.

to deceive or surprise somebody, especially by bluffing

覓得一席之地

Oh, well, you know my kids are middle-management material at best.

中層管理人員；中間管理層the people who are in charge of small groups of people and departments within a business organization but who are not involved in making important decisions that will affect the whole organizatio

Oh, Billingsley. Very hoity-toity.

大模大樣的；自命不凡的behaving in a way that suggests that you think you are more important than other people

Not unless it starts crapping money.

拉屎to empty solid waste from the bowels

I am completely on board your mother』s horse and buggy to yesteryear.

belonging or relating to the era before the invention of the automobile

adhering to things, fashions, or ideas that are old-fashioned and out of date

（尤指思想觀念有別於當今的）舊時，往昔，過去the past, especially a time when attitudes and ideas were different

Way to go, buddy. I got to hand it to you, honey.

used to congratulate somebody on something that he or she has done

承認某人的長處

my take on mitosis was completely out of date.

看法；意見the particular opinion or idea that sb has about sth

I like that Hemingway gets to the point.

to stop talking about unimportant details and say what is most important

I didn』t mean to put you out.

to cause somebody inconvenience

Aha! Busted!

突擊搜查（或搜捕）to suddenly enter a place and search it or arrest sb

I can』t believe that you were gonna put one over on us.

對耍詭計；愚弄；欺騙

I』ve been thinking if you said as much about America as I said about Colombia, I』d be plenty ticked off.

to make somebody angry

第六集

I』m a monogamous social drinker.

somebody who only consumes alcoholic beverages in the company of other people and in moderation

I』m totally blindsided.

攻其不備；出其不意地襲擊to attack sb from the direction where they cannot see you coming

使遭受意外的打擊to give sb an unpleasant surprise

Oh, yeah, can you tell Claire that I』m not really up for being the scarecrow?

願意做某事

Claire, I don』t know that I』m feeling up to this.

to consider yourself ready for something or able to do something

Maybe she』s never been picked on for being different.

to blame, criticize, or bully somebody repeatedly in a way that is considered unfair or unkind

第七集

That I fished out of the trash.

摸找to search for sth, using your hands

Just had a couple of showings fall through.

to fail to happen in the expected way

Mitchell, I』d like to engage your legal services in representing my friend Jack in a wrongful-termination suit.

僱用；聘用to employ sb to do a particular job

Sonya is drinking, because she married a buffoon when she was young.

小丑；滑稽可笑的人a person who does silly but amusing things

She couldn』t have laid it on thicker.

lay it on thick:

言過其實to try to persuade someone that something is better, bigger, more important etc than it really is

While we』re doing the shoot, Jim and Deb here will be doing the kids』 voice-overs into the mike.

a recorded explanation or summary in a film, television programme, advertisement etc by someone who is not seen on the screen

It』s called 「niche-casting.

a position or activity that particularly suits somebodys talents and personality or that somebody can make his or her own

He』s knocking down prices on everything from bibs to cribs.

圍嘴；圍兜a piece of cloth or plastic that you put under a babys chin to protect its clothes while it is eating

Half off on playpens.

幼兒）玩耍護欄a frame with wooden bars or netting that surrounds a small area in which a baby or small child can play safely

You can give me the cold shoulder the rest of your life.

a refusal to behave in a friendly or pleasant way toward somebody

I could overlook the goofing off, but you could have been seriously hurt today.

to waste time instead of working

Off the top of my head, uh… how about that cute guy who delivers the pizzas?

不假思索

Not when you』re on the business end of it.

the part of a tool or device that performs the intended function, as opposed to the body or handle

I was just sort of in the mood, you know?

in the right or best state of mind for a particular activity or experience

第八集

Are you gonna walk faster, or should I get Lily』s stroller out of the car and push you?

摺疊式幼兒車；童車a small folding seat on wheels in which a small child sits and is pushed along

Well I』ve forgotten a lot of things in my life.

to stop planning to do something because you realize that it will not be possible

They can hash it out.

discuss or argue in detail

Yes, I』m trying to get ahold of Butts.

get somebody or something or reach somebody by phone or similar means

It』s been a big commitment, but it』s totally worth it.

花費，使用（資金、時間、人力）agreeing to use money, time or people in order to achieve sth