2016猴年春節來了。在中國，猴子多被視爲聰明伶俐的動物。因爲有了《西遊記》的長久影響，人們看到猴子總是難免會想起神通廣大的齊天大聖。而在英語中，monkey則多與搞怪、模仿、閒散的形象有關。

整理出與猴子相關的一些英語短語，這些跟“猴子”有關的英語短語你都會說嗎？箇中的文化內涵，留給大家自己體會吧。

1、Make a monkey out of (someone)

讓某人出醜、難堪

例句：He made a monkey out of me by calling me names in front of my girlfriend.

他當着我女朋友的面辱罵我，讓我很難堪。

2、Monkey around with somebody or something

瞎搗鼓，閒晃

例句：You must stop monkeying around with that old computer if you want to finish the work on time.

你要是想按時完成工作就別搗鼓那臺舊電腦了。

3、Monkey business

非法活動，騙人的把戲

例句：You must stop the monkey business if you don’t want to get into trouble.

你要是不想惹麻煩，就不要幹那些非法的事。

4、A monkey on one's back

阻止某人成功的嚴重問題，歷史問題

例句：He was afraid that his past would always be a monkey on his back.

他擔心他過去的問題將會永遠成爲他的包袱。

5、Monkey see, monkey do

有樣學樣

例句：It is a case of monkey see, monkey do. She does everything that her cousin does.

她就是東施效顰，她表姐做什麼，她就做什麼。

6、More fun than a barrel of monkeys

非常有趣

例句：He is quite popular with his friends because he is more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

他在朋友當中很有歡迎，因爲他是個特別有趣的人。

6、Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle.

表示特別驚訝，不敢相信

例句：Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle. I never thought Bill would remarry.

天啊！我從來都沒想過比爾會再婚。

7、Monkey suit

制服，禮服

例句：I hate going to weddings and wearing a monkey suit.

我很討厭參加婚禮，也討厭穿禮服。

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