Semoga membantu meningkatkan pengetahuan bhs Inggris kita. To English learners/PBI students: This Week’s Idioms – There are many examples of an adjective whose form is ‘verb + -ed,’ often combined with an adj., adv., or noun & followed by a noun, forming a noun phrase (e.g., a time-honored custom, ready-made clothes, a haunted house). Some of them are idiomatic expressions, such as the following: ● a confirmed bachelor ( = bujangan tetap/seumur hidup) : “Dido has declared himself a confirmed bachelor.” ● a henpecked husband ( = suami takut istri/dikuasai istri → bersifat celaan) : “It’s surprising that there are some henpecked husbands in our neighborhood.” ● a time-honored custom/practice/… ( = tradisi yg dihormati krn sudah berlangsung lama) : “EWD (English Welcoming Days) has now become a time-honored practice to welcome new students of the ELESP. ● qualified support/praise/… ( = limited support/praise) : “There seems to be qualified support from the bank management for the idea of getting an extension of our loan.” ● unqualified support/praise/… ( = total support; dukungan, dll. yg tdk dibatasi) : “We asked the director for a quick, unqualified approval.”/ “I don’t agree that the project has been an unqualified success. We still have to work harder to improve it.” ● a lost cause ( = sb or sth that has no chance of succeeding) : “I’ve stopped giving him advice; he’s a lost cause.”/ A: “Will the new school curriculum be a lost cause?” B: “I hope not. Be optimistic.” ● a hard-fought battle/win/victory/… ( = a battle, etc. achieved after a lot of difficulty or fighting) : “We felt relieved when we saw our team win the hard-fought contest.” ● a ready-made family ( = keluarga lengkap/yg sudah “jadi”) : ”When Susy married Dono, she acquired a ready-made family – a teenage son and a daughter.” ● a well-rounded education ( = pendidikan yg lengkap, full of different types of useful activity) : “The new school curriculum is supposed to give our students a well-rounded education.” ● be living on borrowed time ( = masih hidup setelah waktu ketika sso diramalkan meninggal) : “After passing the age he was expected to die, the 70-year-old man often says with a smile that he is living on borrowed time.” ● hard-pressed ( = having a lot of difficulties doing sth; di bawah tekanan krn kekurangan waktu/uang) : “A lot of employees in that institute complain that they are hard-pressed. When they receive their monthly pay, they just receive a small part of it; they have been harassed by many debts.” Ordinary phrases with a past participle (V-ed) are numerous. The following are just a few examples: ● a born sailor, a born poet, a born athlete, a born leader ● broken English, a broken home ● highly seasoned sausage, a seasoned performer/traveler ( = berpengalaman banyak) ● a highly-skilled workforce, a shortage of skilled labor ● a highly-paid job, a well-paid job, a poorly-paid teacher ● She is very widely read in law, a well-read man, ● a well-balanced diet, a balanced view of the two sides [Sources: dictionaries]
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 08:15:19 +0000
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