對(duì)話：

A: You know that? Dan got a divorce.

你知道嗎?Dan離婚了。

B :Really? I thought he loved his wife very much.

真的嗎?我還以為她很愛(ài)他的妻子了。

A: Yeah. But his relation with Sally come to a stichy end and was found by his wife.

他是很愛(ài)他的妻子，但是他與Sally的關(guān)系到了難以收拾的局面，這一切被他妻子發(fā)現(xiàn)了。

B: He deserved it.

他活該!

地道表達(dá)：

come to a sticky end

講解：

sticky是形容詞，意思是“難對(duì)付的，困難的”, come to的意思是“到了”，end的意思是“結(jié)尾，結(jié)局”。所以該短語(yǔ)的意思是“到了一個(gè)棘手的結(jié)局”，即指：到了一個(gè)難以收?qǐng)龅木置妗：椭形闹械摹八烙诜敲币馑枷嘟?/p>

支持范例：

Eg.If be goes on persecuting people, and stirring up hatred of himself, one day he’ll come to a sticky end.

如果他繼續(xù)迫害人民，激起他們的仇恨，總有一天，他會(huì)落得個(gè)可悲的一場(chǎng)。

Eg. Iam afraid he will come to a sticky end.

我擔(dān)心他將搞到一個(gè)感到難以處理的下場(chǎng)。

Eg.Most gangsters come to a sticky end eventually.

大多數(shù)歹徒最終都落得個(gè)不好的下場(chǎng)。

詞海拾貝：

one’s relation with sb：某人與某人的關(guān)系

Eg.That girl has not a good relation with her parents for they turn a big eye to her brother.

那個(gè)女孩與父母關(guān)系不好。他們對(duì)她的弟弟有偏心眼。

Eg.To establish business relation with you is what we have hope for years.

與貴方建立貿(mào)易關(guān)系是我們多年來(lái)的愿望。

Eg.Relation with our neighbors is not very harmonious at the moment

目前我們與鄰居的關(guān)系不很融洽。

Eg.The country has good relation with its neighbour.

這個(gè)國(guó)家和它的鄰國(guó)保持著友好關(guān)系。

妙語(yǔ)佳句：

He deserved it!

他活該!