Out of juice 沒電了

Electricity is one type of 'juice' that keeps us going

The script of this programme 本節目臺詞

Helen: 歡迎收聽BBC英語教學制作的《地道英語》節目。大家好，我是 Helen。

Neil: Hello everyone. I'm Neil. It's great to be here today Helen.

Helen: You are very cheerful today.

Neil: I feel pretty good, I walked from the train station to the office and the walk seems to have energised me.

(phone rings)

Helen: That's my mobile. Hello, hello? Anyone there? Hello?

Neil: Oh dear Helen, it looks like you may be out of juice.

Helen: 你說什么？I am not drinking any juice. 我可沒喝果汁。不過我的手機好像沒電了。

Neil: That's what I mean. Your phone isn't working because it's out of juice.

Helen: 請你解釋一下：這個果汁 juice 和我的手機有什么關系呢？

Neil: When you've used all the battery power of something like a mobile phone, so that it doesn't work anymore, we can say it's 'out of juice'. It's a slang expression.

Helen: 我聽明白了，out of juice 的意思就是“沒電了”，不過大家要注意這是個口語表達。請聽例句。

Examples

• My laptop's out of juice. This is so frustrating.

• I am packing three spare phone batteries so I don't run out of juice on my climbing trip.

Helen: Can we use it for anything else apart from batteries? 除了表示電池沒電之外，這個短語還有其它用法嗎？

Neil: Sure, sometimes if a person feels low on energy, they could say, 'I'm out of juice'. Also if your car is low on petrol, you could say, 'The car's running out of juice.'

Helen: 當一個人覺得自己能量很低的時候、沒勁兒或者汽車沒油的時候也能用 out of juice 來形容。Thanks for explaining this phrase. Now I'm feeling quite thirsty - a glass of juice would be most welcome.

Neil: Let's get some then. Meanwhile, charge your phone, so it's got plenty of juice.

Helen: Will do.

Neil: See you next time.

Both: Bye!