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With flying colours 是什么意思?不只是普通的“通过”

With flying colours 表示出色地通过考试或考验。两个人都说 passed,成绩却可能天差地别:一个表示“刚过关”的搭配,正好能看出区别。

With flying colours 表示大获成功、取得出色成绩。最常用来描述高分通过考试、检查或测试:pass with flying colours。这是英式拼写,美式英语写作 with flying colors。口语中可以用;在作文里,achieved excellent results 更中性。如果确实轻松通过,也可以用 passed easily。

什么情境适合说 with flying colours?

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pass + exam/test/inspection + with flying colours; come through (+ noun) with flying colours

  • Mark passed his final exams with flying colours and got into his first-choice university.
  • The new café passed its hygiene inspection with flying colours.
  • Our app came through every security test with flying colours.

修改原因

修改前She passed her history exam on excellent.

修改后She passed her history exam with flying colours.

英语不把考试结果说成 on excellent:这里的介词和表示成绩的词都不能这样组合。要说表现出色,可以用 with flying colours。修改只替换了 on excellent。

Cambridge Dictionary

Flying colours 表示结果出色,远不止勉强及格。若只是勉强过关,可以说 scrape through:I just scraped through the maths exam。而单独的 passed 只告诉你通过了,并没有交代成绩怎样。

动手练习

Lena got the highest score in her group, and the examiners praised her speaking. She passed ___.

(with flying colours / by the skin of her teeth)

查看答案

with flying colours — 小组最高分,加上考官的赞赏,说明取得了出色成绩,所以选 with flying colours。By the skin of her teeth 表示勉强成功、险些没能过关,与 Lena 获得最高分并受到考官赞赏的表现不符。

想一场你或认识的人表现出色的考试、面试或检查。说明是什么考验,以及为什么能顺利通过。

My brother passed his driving test with flying colours because he had practised on busy roads every weekend.

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