时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:实用英语


英语课

   今天要讲的三个习惯用语都是和人的情绪有关,特别是愤怒的情绪。


  1. lose your cool 发火,大发雷霆
  Lose就是失去的意思。Cool通常做冷或者是凉解释。不过在这个习惯用语里它是冷静的意思。中文里面就有现存的相同的说法。那就是“失去冷静”。 试想一个人如果失去了冷静,岂不是在生气吗?Lose your cool正是“大发雷霆”的意思。
  我们来看个例子。假定约翰在开车;正在等红灯。突然一辆车子从后面撞了上来。约翰下了车来,走到后面开车的人面前,指着他的鼻子大骂。
  例句-1:I am afraid I lose my cool. I call the other guy some nasty 1 names and jumped out like he was ready to fight. But then a traffic cop 2 arrived on the scene and managed to calm us down. And it turned out the damage wasn't all that bad。
  我当时失去了冷静,把那个家伙臭骂一顿。他也从车子里出来,好像准备动手。不过那个时候一位交通警到达了现场。他设法让我们的情绪都平静下来。后来我们发现车子的损害并没有多厉害。
  说到这里,还有一个习惯用语要在这里顺便提一提。那就是,blow your cool。 Blow是吹的意思,但是blow your cool和lose your cool有着相同的含义。
  2. hopping 3 mad 怒不可遏;狂怒
  Hopping是跳的意思,mad是生气的意思。生气得跳了起来,不就是中文说的气得跳脚?或者是暴跳如雷吗?现在我们再看看这句话在英语里是怎么用的。保罗描述了昨天在他家里发生的事。
  例句-2:My mom and dad were hopping mad when they looked at my brother's report card from school and saw that he was failing in arithmetic 4 and history, so that they made him stay home after school for a month instead of going out with his friends。
  昨天我爸爸和妈妈看到弟弟的成绩单里算术和历史都不及格的时候,他们都暴跳如雷。他们不准我弟弟一个月之内外出去找朋友玩,放学以后只能呆在家里。
  3. fit to be tied 十分恼火;暴跳如雷
  Fit是合适,适宜的意思。Tied是绑起来的意思。Fit to be tied,当然就是应该绑起来的意思。可想而知,这个人所生的气该是多大了,到了应该将他绑起来的地步。看来hopping mad那种生气的人碰上了fit to be tied那种生气的人,最好还是忍让一些:好汉不吃眼前亏么。让我们来看看怎么应用这个习惯用语的。这个例子听起来都有点让人胆颤心惊。
  例句-3:Joe was really fit to be tied one night when he saw his best girl friend out with a big good looking guy. Later he felt pretty stupid, when he found out that the guy she was with was her older brother。
  有一天晚上,乔看到他的女朋友跟一个高达英俊的男子在一起的时候,他实在是气疯了。可是后来他发现那个男人原来是他女朋友的哥哥。于是他觉得自己是个傻瓜。

adj.令人讨厌的,困难的,恶劣的,下流的
  • She got a nasty knock on the head when she fell.她跌倒时头部受到严重碰撞。
  • When this material burns,it flings off a nasty smell.这种物质燃烧时发出一股难闻的气味。
n.警察;vt.抓住
  • The cop told him to button his lip.警察叫他闭嘴。
  • The robber was overpowered by the cop.抢劫犯被警察制伏。
n.算术,算法;adj.算术学的,算术的
  • The waiter got his arithmetic wrong.服务员算错了账。
  • John was competing against James for the prize in arithmetic.约翰和詹姆斯比赛争夺算术奖。
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