1. in the soup : 在困境中；
及物动词
1. The engineer tried to soup up the engine.
工程师试图加大这台发动机的马力。
名词
1. A bowl of hot chicken soup is good for you.
喝一碗热鸡汤对你有好处。
2. I had a bowl of chicken soup.
我有一碗鸡汤。
外出就餐
A：Are you ready to order?
你准备点餐了吗？
B：Yes, we’d like to start with the fried mushroom platter, please.
是的，我们先要一盘煎蘑菇吧。
A：What kind of sauce would you like with that?
你们喜欢什么样的调味汁呀？
B：The blue cheese, please. Could you make that without meat, by the way?
我们要蓝纹奶酪，顺便说一下，可以不要肉吗?
A：Sure. How about your main course?
好的，主菜要点什么？
B：I’ll have the double bacon cheeseburger.
我要双层咸肉干酪汉堡。
A：Would you like soup or salad with that?
你想要汤还是沙拉。
B：Soup, please.
汤吧。
A：French fries, home fries, or mashed potatoes?
你要油炸土豆条，家常土豆条还是土豆泥？
B：Hmm, I think I’ll have the home fries.
嗯，我想我要家常的吧。
soup
A：How about for your daughter?
你的女儿吃什么呢？
B：She’ll have the four cheese omelette.
她要四层奶酪的煎蛋卷。
A：Does she want a two or three-egg omelette?
她是要 2 个蛋还是3 个蛋的煎蛋卷？
B：A three-egg omelette.
3 个蛋的煎蛋卷。
A：Whole wheat or white toast?
是全麦面包还是白色的烤面包？
B：Could she substitute a muffin for that?
她的可以换成小松饼吗？
A：Not a problem. Blueberry or plain?
没问题。带不带蓝莓的？
B：Blueberry.
带蓝莓的。
A：And what would you like to drink?
你想喝点什么？
B：Two regular coffees—black—and two glasses of orange juice please.
俩杯黑咖啡和俩杯橘子汁。
A：Ok, I’ll bring out the mushroom platter and your drinks shortly.
好的，我一会儿就送上你点的蘑菇和饮料。
1. 汤;羹
Soup is liquid food made by boiling meat, fish, or vegetables in water.
e.g. ...home-made chicken soup.
家常的鸡汤
2. 处于困境;处境尴尬
If you say that someone is in the soup, you mean they are in trouble.
e.g. She has a knack of landing herself right in the soup.
她老是让自己的处境很尴尬。
相关词组：soup up
1. 汤;羹
Soup is liquid food made by boiling meat, fish, or vegetables in water.
e.g. ...home-made chicken soup.
家常的鸡汤
2. 处于困境;处境尴尬
If you say that someone is in the soup, you mean they are in trouble.
e.g. She has a knack of landing herself right in the soup.
她老是让自己的处境很尴尬。
相关词组：soup up
