man of letters 是“送信的人”？不是！

另一方面，求真者作为文人或学者的原型仍然在我们身边。

Once he established himself as a man of letters, he adopted other pseudonyms to conceal his incursion into doubtful fictional genres.

一旦他确立了自己作为文人的地位，他就使用其他假名来掩盖他对可疑虚构类型的入侵。

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man in the street

man in the street是个习惯用语，意思是“普通人”、“老百姓”。

例：

The organization took a poll of the man in the street.

机构对普通老百姓进行了民意测验。

*3

A man's man

千万不要理解成“男人的男人”，理解错就真的尴尬了。其实，这句话的意思是：很有男子气魄，男人中的男人。

例：

Alex is what you would call a man's man.

亚历克斯就是人们嘴里说的那种男子气魄的人。

man更多关于man的搭配

1️⃣it's every man for himself 人不为己，天诛地灭

(指在某种特殊场合，每个人都会尽力维护自己，而不会帮助他人)

It might be a civilized place to shop at other times, but come the January sales, it's every man for himself.

人们在购物时通常都能保持风度，一月大减价例外，这个时候，人不为己，天诛地灭。

2️⃣a man in a thousand 千里挑一的人

Juris was a young giant, broad of back, full of vigor, a working—man in a thousand.

尤格斯，年轻而高大魁梧，肩膀宽阔，精力充沛，是个万里挑一的干活力。

3️⃣a man about town 花花公子，纨绔子弟

John has a reputation for being a man about town.

约翰是出了名的花花公子。

4️⃣a man of action 实干家

A man of action really does things; he is not content to talk.

讲求实干的人真正干事情，而不满足于空谈。

5️⃣a man of character 有个性的人

A man of good character is to be respected.

一个品行优良的人受人尊敬。

6️⃣family man 有家室的人

I am afraid they would leave me out of social activities if they saw me as a family man.

而且我担心他们把我看成有家的人，不带我玩了。

7️⃣a man of men 杰出人物

This guest of guests is a man of men.

这位最尊敬的客人是位了不起的人。

8️⃣man to man 坦率地

Let's talk man to man about our problems.

让我们诚挚地谈一谈我们的问题。

9️⃣play the man 显示男子汉气概

Whatever troubles come, let us play the man;

因难来临时，让我们坚定站稳。

a man of affairs 见过大场面的人

He is a man of affairs and has had wide experience .

他是见过大场面的人，有丰富的经验。

好啦，今天的小知识点，你学会了嘛?