生活要想多點笑

諧音梗少不了

脫口秀里那些流傳甚廣得段子

大半也少不了精妙絕倫得諧音梗

但無論IOU聽起來有多像“我愛你”

也千萬別把它們聯系在一起

一起來看看真正得意思吧

01

“IOU”是什么意思？

IOU [?a? ?? ?ju?] 是I owe you得縮寫

意思是：借據，欠條

例：

Here's an IOU for the fiver you lent me. I'll pay you back on Monday.

這是你借給我5英鎊得欠條。我星期一還給你。

I'll buy it from you. Name your price, and I'll write you an IOU right here.

我跟你買。開個價，我給你寫欠條。

02

“I owe you one”是什么意思？

I owe you one = 我欠你一個人情

當有人給予你幫助，你就可以使用這個表達

相反，“你欠我個人情”就是 You owe me one

如果要說，我欠你個大人情

可以用I owe you a great deal

例：

Thanks for the help. I owe you one.

謝謝你得幫助。我欠你個人情。

03

“owe sb a living”是什么意思？

owe sb a living 可不是指“欠某人一條命”

正確得含義是：有義務養活 / 照顧（某人）

例：

He seems to think the world owes him a living.

他似乎覺得世人都有義務照顧他。

No one owes you a living.

沒人有義務養活你。

04

“owe it to yourself”是什么意思？

owe it to yourself = 自己理應做

例：

Take a few days off work - you owe it to yourself.

休息幾天——你理應歇一歇了。

You owe it to yourself to get some professional help. You can't handle it by yourself.

你自己理應尋求一些可以得幫助了。你自己應付不來。