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<p><strong>生气时 </strong></p><p><strong>●不满和牢骚时 </strong></p><p><strong>◎啊呸!真见鬼! Oh, heck! *heck表示有点灰心和失望。</strong><br />Oh, heck! I failed the test. (噢，见鬼!没考及格。) <br />= Oh, darn! <br />= Oh, no!</p><p><strong>◎什么! Shucks!</strong><br />*承认自己的错误，或回应别人对自己的不满时。 <br />Where is your homework? (你的作业在哪儿呢?) <br />Shucks! I forgot it at home. (哎呀!我忘在家里了。)</p><p><strong>◎真见鬼! Shoot! </strong><br />*表示厌恶、激怒、惊奇等。常用来表示事情并不像自己所想像的那样顺利时。 <br />Shoot! I Missed the train. (真见鬼!我没赶上电车。) <br />= Sheesh!</p><p><strong>◎他妈的! Shit! </strong><br />*听起来很低级。shoot是shit的委婉说法。</p><p><strong>◎啊!糟了! Uh-oh. </strong><br />*表示"不好"、"糟了"，带有惊讶的语气。 <br />Did you bring the book I lent you? (你借我的书带来了吗?) <br />Uh-oh. I forgot. (啊，糟了，我忘了。)</p><p><strong>◎有的事是行不通的。 Not everything is logical.</strong><br />*logical "合逻辑的"、"合乎道理的"。 <br />= Everything isn't always logical. <br />= Not everything follows the rules of logic.</p><p><strong>◎(金钱)全都浪费了。 It went down the drain. </strong><br />*drain "排水管"。 <br />How was the investment? (投资的那个项目怎么样?) <br />It went down the drain. (全都白搭了。)</p><p><strong>◎就差那么一点儿。 I almost made it. </strong><br />*用almost表示"差一点儿就……"。 <br />The train just left. (电车刚走。) <br />I almost made it. (就差那么一点儿。) <br />= I was almost on time. <br />= I was just a little late. (就晚了那么一点儿。)</p><p><strong>◎想点儿办法吧! Do something! </strong><br />Our house is a mess? (我们的家真乱。) <br />So, do something! (那，你就收拾收拾吧。) <br />= Do something about it! <br />= Please do something about it.(请想点儿办法吧!) <br />Please take care of it for me.(请为我处理一下儿吧。)</p><p><strong>◎我忙得要命。 I'm so busy. <br /></strong>I'm so busy today. (我今天忙得要命。) <strong><br /></strong>How about tomorrow? (那明天怎么样?) <br />= I'm too busy. <br />= I'm as busy as a bee. *短语，"像蜜蜂一样忙碌"。</p><p><strong>◎这项工作对我来说太重了。 This task is too much for me. </strong><br />* task表示"作为任务分派给人的工作"。 <br />This task is too much for me. (这项工作对我来说太重了。) <br />Please don't give up yet. (请你别放弃。) <br />I can't complete this task alone. (我一个人无法完成这项工作。) <br />= This is too much for me to handle.</p><p><strong>◎这么点儿薪水我怎么够活呀! I can't make ends meet on my small salary. </strong><br />= I can't live on my low pay. <br />= I can't get along on my scanty pay. <br />= I find it impossible to make ends meet on my small salary.</p><p><strong>◎我再也忍不下去了。 This is the last straw. </strong><br />*last straw 表示"再也无法承受的负担和困难上又新加的痛苦"。 <br />Your husband hit you again? (你丈夫又打你了?) <br />Yes. This is the last straw. (是的。我再也忍不下去了。) <br />= That's it. <br />= I've had it up to here. <br />= I can't take it any more.</p><p><strong>◎你的答复我接受不了。 Your response is unacceptable. </strong><br />*unacceptable 表示"接受不了"。 <br />= I'm not satisfied with what you say. <br />= Your answer is unsatisfactory.</p><p><strong>◎我不满意他的回答。 I'm not satisfied with his answer. </strong><br />*be satisfied with... "对……感到满意"。 <br />= I'm dissatisfied with his answer. <br />= His answer didn't satisfy me.</p><p><strong>◎他今天一副挑衅的样子。 He's got a chip on his shoulder today. </strong><br />*指"要打架的样子"、"情绪不好的态度"。</p><p><strong>◎公平点儿! Play fair! </strong><br />= Play fairly! <br />= Don't cheat! (不许搞鬼。)</p><p><strong>◎多费时费钱呀! What a waste of time and money! <br /></strong>What a waste of time and money! (费时又费钱。) <br />Don't say that. (你别那么说呀!) <br />= You're wasting your time and money!</p><p><strong>◎你太慷慨了。 You're too generous. </strong><br />*在送给别人相当有价值的东西等场合时使用。generous "慷慨的"、"不吝惜的"、"宽大的"、"度量大的"。 <br />I'd like you to have this. (我想送你这个。) <br />You're too generous. Thank you very much. (你太慷慨了。谢谢。) <br />= You're too kind.</p><p><strong>◎他把一切都告诉了我。 He told me all about it. </strong><br />= He told me everything.</p><p><strong>◎怎么花这么长时间? What's taking so long? </strong><br />= Why is it taking so long?</p><p><strong>◎10分钟怎么也来不及。 I can't make it in ten minutes. </strong><br />I need more time. (我还需要点儿时间。) <br />It'll take me longer than ten minutes. (要花10分钟以上。) <br />Ten minutes isn't enough time. (10分钟太仓促了。)</p><p><strong>◎他看不起我。 He looks down on me. </strong><br />= He despises me. <br />He respects me. (他尊重我。)</p><p><strong>◎你什么忙也帮不了。 You're good for nothing. </strong></p><p><strong>◎简直快让我疯了。 It drives me crazy. </strong><br />I hate that noise. (我真讨厌那种声音。) <br />It drives me crazy. (它简直快让我疯了。) <br />= It makes me crazy. <br />= It drives me up the wall.</p><p><strong>◎就这些吗? Is that all? </strong><br />I'd like this one, and that one, please. (我要这个和那个。) <br />Is that all? (就这些吗?) <br />= Is that it? <br />= Anything else? (还要别的吗?)</p><p><strong>◎这太少了。/这不够。 That's not enough. </strong><br />*用于所持或得到的量不足时。 <br />I'll give you 10% off. (我给你便宜10%。) <br />That's not enough. How about 20% off? (这太少了。20%怎么样?) <br />I'd like more. (我还想要点儿。) <br />I need more. (我需要再多一点儿。)</p><p><strong>◎他对我不公平。 He's unfair to me. </strong><br />*unfair "不公平的"、"不合理的"。 <br />= He treats me unfairly. <br />= He doesn't treat me fairly. (他对待我不公平。)</p>
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