EXAMPLE: Dressed in my fancy new clothing I feel uncomfortable when I visit my relatives in the village where I was born because I feel like a city slicker. 穿着漂亮的新衣裳去拜访我出生地所在的农村的亲戚,让我感觉不适,因为我觉得自己像一个讲穿戴、油嘴滑舌的城里人。
After getting an incomprehensible set of directions, the city slicker says to the farmer," You're not very smart, are you?" 由于认不清方向,城里人对农夫说,“你不是很聪明,是吗?”
City slicker: a person with the sophisticated manner and dress traditionally associated by rural people with city dwellers. 都市人:乡村居民眼中的打扮和举止老于世故的城里人。
Her city slicker boyfriend look pretty clumsy out here on the farm. 她那个衣著讲究世故老练的城市男友到了农庄这里看起来挺笨拙的。
When a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we're left to wonder which one is the real city slicker. 晨间散步的纽约客与一只鸡擦身而过,谁才是真正的城市佬?
On a drive in the country, a city slicker noticed a farmer lifting a pig up to an apple tree and holding the pig there as it ate one apple after another. 在乡村的路边上,一个城里人看见一位农民正在把猪弄上树,并且把着猪让它一个一个地吃苹果。
21 century humanity must realize the city slicker to occupy the environment the huge improvement, guarantees the human and the nature harmonious coexistence, continues to develop, strengthens the city green space construction is the key. 21世纪人类要实现城市人居环境的巨大改善,确保人与自然和谐共存,持续发展,加强城市绿地建设是关键。