迷你对话学地道口语第652期:摆架子
时间：2019-03-05 作者：英语课 分类：迷你对话学地道口语
英语课
Subject：Don’t put on airs.
迷你对话
A: Don’t put on airs. Do something practical.
别摆架子了，做点实事吧。
B: Sir. I... I dare not next time.
老板，我......我下次不敢了。
地道表达
put on airs
1. 解词释义
Put on airs的字面意思是“把......放到空中”，引申为“装腔作势，摆架子，盛气凌人”的意思。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. I didn't like to put on airs, and even less to have too many people catering 1 to me.
我不喜欢摆架子, 更不愿让人家兴师动众来照顾我。
e.g. She put on airs after marrying a millionaire.
自从嫁了百万富翁后,她就摆起架子。
e.g. You shouldn't put on airs even if you were in charge.
即便你当头头，也不该摆架子。
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