rusty通常被用来形容某个人的技能或知识因为长时间没有使用而生疏或退化了。这个词也可以用来形容物品或设备因为长时间没有维护而生锈或老化了。
e.g. "I haven't played basketball in years, so my skills are getting rusty.” 我已经好几年没打篮球了,所以我的球技开始退步了。
备注:haven't done something in years 好多年不做某事了
e.g. "I used to be fluent in French, but since I moved to the US, my French has gotten rusty.”我以前很流利地说法语,但自从我移民到美国后,我的法语变得生疏了。
备注:used to do something 以前常搽给你做某事,现在不做了。
备注:move to +地点,搬家到哪里
e.g. "My old bike has been sitting in the garage for years, and now it's all rusty and falling apart."我的旧自行车已经放在车库里好几年了,现在生锈了,快散架了。
备注:have been doing somethign 一段时间里一直在做某事
备注:fall aparty 分崩离析,比如有人说自己的家庭 is falling apart. 就是说他的家可能因为什么事情,家要散了。
e.g. "I have to take my car to the mechanic because the brakes are getting rusty and don't work properly anymore."我得把我的车开到机修厂去,因为刹车生锈了,不再正常工作了。
备注:take ...to.. 把...带到...
备注:not work properly 不能正常工作