A bolt from the blue 晴天霹靂
Usain Bolt takes just 9.63 seconds to win a gold medal in the London 2012 men's 100m final. Photo: Alex Livesey.
今日短語
短語 a bolt from the blue, 意思是發(fā)生了完全意想不到的事情，晴天霹靂。
今日小常識
The London 2012 men's 100m final was a stunning race. Seven out of the eight finalists finished in under ten seconds, making it the fastest 100m final in history. Usain Bolt won gold in 9.63 seconds - the second fastest time in history. He also holds the world record for the fastest ever 100m, which he ran in a time of 9.58 seconds in Berlin in 2009.
倫敦2012 奧運比賽中的男子百米決賽可是一場激動人心的比賽。8名參賽者中7位的成績都少于10秒。創(chuàng)造了世界最快百米決賽記錄。Usain Bolt 以 9秒63的成績再次奪冠，成為世界男子百米短跑兩項最快紀錄的擁有者。他本人也持有世界第一飛人的稱號，他的最高世界記錄9秒58是 2009年在柏林創(chuàng)下的。
例句
The prime minister's resignation was a bolt from the blue.
It was a real bolt from the blue when I bumped into my first ever boyfriend in the supermarket.
The announcement about redundancies was a bolt from the blue for the workers in the office.
請注意
另一個短語 out of blue 含義相似 ，也有突如其來，意想不到的意思。
His marriage proposal came out of the blue – but she said yes!
