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“Jam tomorrow” 是明天的果酱?
The first appearance of the phrase “jam tomorrow” was in a storybook called Through the Looking Glass, which is the sequel to Alice in Wonderland. In this story, Alice’s boss should pay her some jam as bonus besides her salary. However, the Red Queen said, “The rule is jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.” It meant Alice could never receive any jam as bonus. Since then, the phrase “jam tomorrow” means a pleasant thing which is often promised but rarely materializes.
“jam tomorrow”这个词组首次出现在爱丽丝梦游仙境的续集—爱丽丝镜中奇遇这本故事书里面。在这个故事里,爱丽丝的老板除了给她支付工资外,本应支付一份果酱作为奖金。然后,红皇后说:“明天有果酱,昨天有果酱,但今天永远不会有果酱。”这就意味着爱丽丝永远都不会收到作为奖金的果酱。自那以后,“jam tomorrow”便被引申为“许而不予的好东西、可望而不可及的事物”(也就是我们经常说的“画大饼”中的“大饼”)。
How can we use this interesting expression in our daily life? Let’s see some example sentences.
在日常生活中我们可以怎样把这个有趣的表达方式给活用起来呢?来看看一些例句吧。
We hope that the company’s big plan for employee welfare is not a jam tomorrow.
我们希望公司制定的员工福利计划并不是一张空头支票。
To get promoted by the end of the year is only jam tomorrow of him.
年底升职对他来说只不过是兑现不了的承诺罢了。
I’m really tired of those promises of jam tomorrow.
我受够了那些永远不会兑现的承诺了。
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