她的能力令人望尘莫及。
讲解
Act, 就是“行为,举动”的意思,follow 表示“跟随”,so a hard act to follow, means someone who is so impressive that it is difficult for anyone else who comes after them to be as good. 就是说“一个人太优秀了,其他人很难和他们一样”,所以就是个人能力令人望尘莫及。
比如:滑雪冠军特别优秀,我们就可以说:She's a hard act to follow. 公司里的主管特别有能力,我们也能说:The manager is truly a hard act to follow.
发音
发音上,我们要注意一个连读,hard act,辅音和元音可以连起来,读成 hardact,a hard act to follow.
重点拓展
我们再来拓展学习一下其他和 act 有关的短语吧:
be/get in on the act
参与,插一手
First it was politicians, now a novelist has decided to get in on the act.
开始是政客们,现在是一个小说家也决定染指其中。
In the 1970s Kodak, anxious to get in on the act, launched its own instant camera.
20世纪70年代,急于分一杯羹的柯达公司推出了自己的拍立得相机。
clean up your act
改邪归正,重新做人
He cleaned up his act and came off drugs.
他已改邪归正戒掉了毒品。
It's new year again, you should clean up your act!
又是新年了,你应该自我改进了!
get your act together
集中精力
He needs to get his act together if he's going to pass.
要是他想合格,就必须集中精力。
She's so disorganized - I wish she'd get her act together.
她做事很没有条理——我希望她能够做到有条不紊。