1.be devastated
 
【原句】If anything ever happened to him, I'd be devastated.(S06E05)
 
 
【场景】Caroline和Max小跑着赶上了课堂,并为迟到对老师说了句抱歉。老师在听后让她们开始吧,并顺口讲了自己和儿子的午餐约定,但因为前一天去聚会的拌嘴而有点担心。
【讲解】
devastated adj.
1)极度震惊的;极为烦乱的。= very shocked and upset
2)被彻底摧毁的;毁灭的。= completely destroyed,如devastated villages完全被毁的村庄。
devastate v.[T] 1)摧毁;毁灭。2)使极为震惊;使极为烦乱。
【例句】
 
She was utterly devastated when her husband died.
 
 
They intended to devastate the town at one stroke.
 
 
2.straight out of college
 
【原句】Well, like most people straight out of college, I'm at a job I don't wanna be at.
 
【翻译】如同多数大学毕业生一样,我从事着一份不想做的工作。
 
【场景】Caroline和Max从学校做完演讲回来后,一进餐厅门Caroline便开始说起了自己去后的感想。
【讲解】
straight out of college 大学毕业。straight out of...的形式。
straight adj./adv.直的(地),笔直的(地)。a straight line直线。
【例句】
 
I came straight out of school, and I came home here.
 
 
Can't you see it? - it's straight ahead (of you)!
 
 
Time is short so I'll get straight to the point (= explain the matter immediately).
 
 
(来源:沪江英语)