dinner

英 ['dɪnə] 美['dɪnɚ]

(Austral. & Canadian informal)utterly defeated or outwitted

(澳，加，非正式)被彻底打败（或骗过）

I had the fishing inspector wanting to see my licence — I was done like a dinner.
我碰到了要看我执照的捕鱼检察官——我玩完了。

(Brit. informal)used to emphasize someone's wide experience of a specified activity or phenomenon

(英，非正式)［用来强调某人对特定活动（或现象的）广泛经验］

he's seen more battles than you've had hot dinners.
他经历过的战争比你过的桥还要多。

1. Guess what? I'm going to dinner at Mrs. Combley's tonight.: 你猜怎么着？今晚我要去康伯利夫人家里赴宴。

2. "Let's invite her to dinner." — "Over my dead body!": “我们请她来吃晚饭吧。”——“除非我死了！”

5. That night she, Nicholson and the crew had a celebratory dinner.: 那天晚上，她、尼科尔森和全体工作人员吃了一顿庆功宴。