no great shakes

常見(jiàn)例句

I'm no great shakes as a piano player, but I can sing well.
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1：Well, it was no great shakes. The story was mediocre and the acting was just so-so. I was bored except for that new actress - she can't act but she's a beautiful woman.
他說(shuō)：嗯，這片子毫不出色。故事情節(jié)一般，演技也不過(guò)如此。除了里面的一位新的女明星之外，其它方面都讓我覺(jué)得膩煩。這位新星不會(huì)演戲，但她是個(gè)美女。這里他用了習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)no great shakes表示這電影毫不出色、相當(dāng)平庸。
2：I thought the Red Sox had a real chance to win the World Series this year after so long without a championship. But they turned out to be no great shakes, just like last year.
他說(shuō)：我原以為紅襪隊(duì)那么久沒(méi)有得過(guò)冠軍，今年一定有可能在世界職業(yè)棒球錦標(biāo)賽中贏得勝利，但是他們卻和去年一樣成績(jī)平平。這里的no great shakes意思是成績(jī)平平，并不出人頭地。聽(tīng)來(lái)這個(gè)失望的球迷只能耐心地再等上一年了。

The number is lousy, and its company in previous quarters is no great shakes either.
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