metaphor 暗喻

1.You need to budget your time.

做一下時間上的安排。

budget原意是做預算，這里就是說做一下時間上的安排。

2.Put aside some time for ping pong.

預留一些時間。

put aside原先和money搭配，譬如：Put aside some money for your retirement.

表示存錢，這里的意思就是要預留一些時間

3.Is that worth your while?

如此做，對你有好處嗎

while原意表示一段時間，這里意思就是說這值得你去如此做嗎?或者說如此做，對你有好處嗎?

4.Do you have much time left?

5.He's living on borrowed time.

他可能不久就要去世了。

on borrowed time或者be on borrowed

time的意思就是說非常可能要失敗了或者說非?？赡芤ナ懒?。譬如：The government is living on borrowed time.

這個政府可能立刻就要倒臺了。

6.You don't use your time profitably.

你沒有效借助時間。

profitable原意是指有收益的;盈利的

7.I lost a lot of time when I got sick.

8.Thank you for your time.