实用英语口语小对话

　　A: You come back so earlly. The party is boring? 你回来的这么早。舞会没意思?

实用英语口语小对话

　　B: All the boys and girls were dancing at the party while I sat at a tablealone, feeling like a fifth wheel.晚会上，所有的男孩和女孩都在跳舞，只有我孤零零地坐在桌边，感觉自己仿佛是一个多余的人。

　　虽然现在很多机车，特别是越野车的后面也会备上一个备用轮胎，但它们称之为spare wheel,或者spare tyre. 而不能称为the fifthwheel.

　　更多例句：

　　The chair is a fifth wheel, please take it away. 这把椅子是多余的，请把它搬走。

　　A mother-in-law on a honeymoon is a fifth wheel. 度蜜月时，丈母娘是个大电灯泡。

　　We decided to fire that worker, he was just a fifth wheel.我们决定开除那个工人，他不过是个多余无用之人。

　　My son asked me to come help at his school track meet I felt fifth wheelwhen I got there: they already had enough people to help so I stood therefeeling useless.我的儿子要我在他学校开运动会的时候去帮忙。可是，我到了那里觉得自己似乎是多余的.，他们已经有好多人在帮忙，我只好站在那里没事干。”

　　有关the fifth wheel的用法我们暂时了解到这里，记得一定要和sparewheel进行区别。它们分别表示“无用的;局外人”和“备用轮胎”。

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