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油猴子？这跟山上或者是动物园里的猴子有啥关系吗？
Of course not.
实际上这是一种很“调侃”也很形象的说法，形容的是那些刚从车底下爬出来、工作服染上了汽油、浑身油腻腻的汽车修理工。
当然，友情提醒一下，你如果去国外当着别人面说对方是“油猴子”，对方可不会开心，只会觉得你很冒犯。
01.
加油（通常指需要更加努力做某事）put some grease into it
All right everyone, we need to get this place cleaned in one hour, so let’s put some grease into it.
好了，各位，我们需要我们需要在一小时内把这个地方打扫干净，加油吧！
Put some grease into it, and we don’t have all day.
加油！我们没有一整天的时间了。
02.
顶嘴talk back - to answer someone in a rude way
Don’t talk back to your teacher.
不要和老师顶嘴。
Children who talk back are regarded as disrespectful.
爱顶嘴的孩子会被认为是不尊重。
03.
努力做某事elbow grease - a lot of physical effort
The polish needs a certain amount of elbow grease to apply.
抛光需要花费更多努力。
Apply some elbow grease when you mop the kitchen.
当你拖厨房的时候，需要更加用力一点。
04.
路边小餐馆
greasy spoon
I’m hungry. Let’s see if there’s a greasy spoon nearby.
我饿了。看下附近是不是有路边小餐馆吧！
There’s nothing better than going to a greasy spoon when you are hung over.
宿醉时，没有什么比去小饭馆更好的了。
05.
相反on/to the contrary - actually the opposite is true
The crime problem has not disappeared. On the contrary, it seems to be becoming worse again.
犯罪问题并没有消失。相反，它似乎更加严重了。
Experts predicted the economy would collapse, but, to the contrary, it continues to do extremely well.
专家预测经济会滑坡。但是恰恰相反，它在持续走高。
06.
机械师，汽车修理工grease monkey - someone whose job is repairing car or aircraft engines
Do you know any grease monkeys? I’m having trouble with my car.
你认识汽车修理工吗？我的车出故障了。
He’s a grease monkey for BMW, and you won’t believe how much he makes.
他是宝马的工程师，你不敢相信他赚了多少钱。
07.
指秘密地给人钱要求他们帮忙办事grease sb’s palm - to give someone money secretly so that they will make things happen in the way that you want
They managed to pull off the deal without greasing any palms.
他们成功地完成了这笔交易，没有进行任何贿赂行为。
They were expecting their palms to be greased with bribes.
他们希望自己能收到贿赂。
08.
贿赂，讨好，推动grease the wheels - to make something happen more easily
More investment is needed to grease the wheels of reform.
需要更多的投资来推动改革。
Take him out for a few drinks to grease the wheels.
为了讨好他，带他出去喝几杯。
09.
指非常迅速地greased lightning - very fast
He’s as fast as greased lightning.
他比闪电还快。
It will arrive here like greased lightning.
它到这比闪电还快。
10.
熬夜，通常指熬夜学习或工作burn the midnight oil
Sorry folks, but we are going to have to burn the midnight oil to get the order out on time.
抱歉，伙计，但是我们将不得不加夜班来按时完成订单。
I’m exhausted. I’ve been burning the midnight oil all week.
我累坏了。我整个星期都在熬夜。
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