蜜雪今日读写之电影台词精读学习2-17

本日词汇：

count for something  有点意义

count for nothing 付诸东流

humble brag 凡尔赛般的谦虚自夸

本日台词：YOU第四季第一集

我当时觉得我走这么远，算有点意义吧。

I thought it would count for something,how far I traveled.

To have value. This phrase is often used in the negative to convey the opposite.

如果我在几周的学习后考试不及格，所有的努力都将付诸东流。

If I fail the test after weeks of studying, all of that effort will count for nothing.

我至少给她发了条短信, 这也算点什么吧!

I at least sent her a text. That's got to count for something!

count for little 不算什么：

在全面评价他的生涯时，这类微小的缺点实在算不了什么。

Such small defects count indeed for little in the survey of his career.

count for much：很有关系，很有价值

这些细微的差别可能没有什么意义。

These fine distinctions may not count for much.

在他看来,出名算不了什么.

For him fame does not count for much.

难道我的工作一点用都没有吗?

Doesn't all my work count for anything? 

在我看来，你积极的态度很重要。

Your positive attitude counts for a lot as far as I'm concerned.

count for nothing 啥也不算

自从他们放弃了这个项目，他所有的工作都毫无价值了。

All his work counts for nothing since they've dropped the project.

count for something：有点重要的

经验从来都是挺有用的。

The fact is, experience does count for something.

humble brag：

something you say which appears as if you are complaining or embarrassed, but is really a way of telling people about something that you are very proud of:

社交媒体状态更新基本上就是自拍、自吹和夸夸其谈。

Social media status updates are basically selfies, humblebrags, and rants.

她发了一条典型的凡尔赛，说自己花了2000美元买了一个手提包，因为说自己太不擅长理财了。

She posted a classic humblebrag about spending $2,000 on a handbag because "I am so terrible with money."

报刊新闻中的原句：

所以，也许作者想要表达一些更深刻的东西，而不仅仅是在凡尔赛他个人或财富。

So maybe the author was trying to say something deeper than a mere humblebrag about his/her personal or wealth.

当然，这可能有一种自吹自擂的成分，开发人员在讨论过度招聘的变幻莫测时也很高兴。

There may be, certainly, an element of humblebrag to this, and to developers' general delight in discussing the vagaries of recruitment excess.