有关吃的短语（一）　　有关“吃”的短语（一）

● 使某人处于吃亏的地位put sb.
at a disadvantage
　● 他吃亏吃在太自私上。
It is to his disadvantage that he is too selfish.

　● 吃力entail strenuous effort; be a strain
　● 吃力地前进labor one's way with difficulty
　● 吃力地爬山labor up a hill

　　● 吃力地踏着雪走labor through the snow
　　● 吃力地穿过草丛wade through the weeds
　　● 吃力地穿过森林work through the forest
　　● 吃力地干一件事labor at a task; have a hard job doing a thing
　　● 吃力地啃一本书toil through a book (来源：http://www.
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　　● 吃力地读完一份长报告wade through a long report
　　● 吃力地把某物运上山sweat sth.
up the hill
　　● 毫不吃力地做某事make light work of sth.
[of doing sth.
]
　　● 吃力不讨好do a hard but thankless job; carry owls to Athens
　　● 工作吃力feel the strain of work; find a job difficult

　　● 学习吃力have difficulty with one's lessons
　　● 呼吸吃力breathe with difficulty; labor for breath
　　● 说话吃力speak with effort
　　● 谈话很吃力labor under great difficulties in conversation
　　● 总干吃力不讨好的事be a fool to oneself; be a fool for one's pains

　　● 真是件吃力的事be a real strain
　　● 登山是很吃力的。
Climbing a mountain takes efforts.

　　● 车轮在沙里吃力地转动。
The wheels labored in the sand.

　　● 船在滚滚波涛中吃力地行驶。
The ship labored through the heavy seas.

　　● 这事吃力不讨好。
The effort, though with good intentions, does not work well.


　　● 他不会干这种吃力的活儿。
He will not take the sweat.

　　● 吃低食take snacks between meals; nibble between meals
　　● 睡前吃低食eat a snack before going to bed
　　● 他老在吃低食。
He is forever snacking.

　　● 吃奶suck the breast

　　● 吃奶的婴儿an infant at the breast
　　● 吃着奶的孩子a child at suck
　　● 给婴儿吃奶give suck to a baby
　　● 用尽吃奶的力气strain every muscle
　　● 婴儿吃奶。
The baby took [sucked] the breast.