A: What does your friend Jim do?
你的朋友吉姆是干什么的?
B: He is a teacher, but he makes a little money on the side by repairing cars in his free time.
他是一位教师,但是也在空闲时间修理汽车挣点钱。
A: He can repair cares? I cannot believe it.
他能修汽车?我真不敢相信。
B: Believe me, he is the first-class.
相信我,他修车技术是一流的。
地道表达:
on the side
解词释义:
side的本义是“侧面”。该习语直接翻译是“在侧面”,引申为“作为兼职”。
支持范例:
1. He is a mechanic who buys and sells cars on the side.
他是一个兼营买卖汽车的技工。
2. He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.
他是教师,可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
3. I also sell insurance on the side.
我也兼职做拉保险。
4. We told her that I do some handiwork on the side.
我们告诉了她我兼职做些手工活。
拓展讲解:
on the side除了有“作为兼职”的意思,还有“暗地里,秘密地”的意思。
支持范例:
1. She's married but she has a lover on the side.
她虽然已婚,但暗地里还有一个情人。
2. Maybe he boozes on the side.
也许他还暗地里酗酒。
词海拾贝:
1. makes money:挣钱
He was a businessman, and therefore he always has an eye out for any opportunity to make money.
他是商人,总见钱眼开。
She scarcely makes enough money to make ends meet.
她几乎挣不到足够的钱以维持开支。
联想记忆:
make easy money:轻松挣钱,挣钱容易 make big money:挣大钱
make a little money:挣一点钱 make more money:挣中国足彩网的钱
2. in one's free time:在业余时间,在闲暇时间
He usually employs himself in reading in his free time.
在空闲时间他通常忙于阅读。
He augments his wages by working in his free time.
他在业余时间继续工作以增加工资收入。
中国足彩网信息请查看生活口语