出其不意的“进球”sucker punch-英语点津

世界杯揭幕战即将打响，究竟谁会打入本届世界杯的第一个进球呢？东道主南非队是否会续写“东道主首场不败”的惯例呢？太多的悬念要在今晚揭晓。那么咱们就先热热身，也说一个关于“进球”的传统英文表达吧。

出其不意的“进球”sucker punch

The phrase “sucker punch” originally comes from boxing, it means to hit, to punch, someone when their guard is down, when they are not ready. In football a sucker punch means a goal that is scored when the other team wasn’t prepared: they give an easy goal away.

Sucker punch这个说法最早来自于拳击运动，指在对方毫无防备的时候突然出拳。在足球比赛中，sucker punch指的就是在对手没有任何防范的时候进的球：对方很轻易就放过了那个球。

For example:

Arsenal made a quick break from a Liverpool corner and scored a sucker punch goal – there were few Liverpool defenders to stop Arsenal. The goal was scored quickly and easily by Arsenal. It was a sucker punch.

阿森纳队迅速截住利物浦队的一个角球，然后出其不意地射门、进球，利物浦队门前几乎没有后卫阻止阿森纳的进球。阿森纳这个球进得又快又容易。这个进球就叫做sucker punch。