例句-1:The ad claimed the shop was selling the videos at a price so low it was hard to believe. So I hurried there but it was a case of bait and switch - the clerk said the cheap ones were all sold out and he tried to sell me other videos at a much higher price.
现在我们来讲第二个习惯用语,strictly from hunger。Strictly一般解释为严格地,但是在strictly from hunger这个习惯用语里,strictly的意思是:全然。Hunger就是饥饿。Strictly from hunger的意思是一个人或一样东西质量很差,但是由于没有其他选择而被接受了,也就是:没有办法只好凑合。
下面说话的人告诉我们他妹妹是怎么形容昨天晚上她去参加的舞会的。
例句-2:My sister told me the music was good but the guys who were there were strictly from hunger. She said she didn't meet a single guy she would ever want to date.
例句-3:Mr. Martin came in like gangbusters - he fired half our people and organized the rest of us into work teams with longer hours than before. We had a hard time for a while but at least these days the firm is making money for a change.