表達(dá) “to have something in someone’s blood” 或 “be in someone’s blood” 的意思是 “某人的能力、天分或特質(zhì)是遺傳的”,也就是俗話說(shuō)的 “天生的”。比如,一家人當(dāng)中如果有許多成員都從事一類工作或具備同一種天分,那就可以說(shuō)這項(xiàng)技能是他們家族遺傳的,即 “in their blood”。
Being a baker is in my blood – our family has owned a bakery for many generations.
我骨子里就是個(gè)糕點(diǎn)師。我們家經(jīng)營(yíng)面包房已經(jīng)好幾代了。
Art is in my blood – my mother was a painter and her father was a sculptor.
我的藝術(shù)細(xì)胞是與生俱來(lái)的。我母親曾是一名畫(huà)家,她父親曾是一名雕塑家。
People in every generation of Pete’s family have been football players – it’s in their blood.
彼得家的每一代人都是足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員。他們天生就是這塊料。