'「日常英語口語8000句」16-1 生氣時:不滿牢騷常用口語句子'
- 啊呸!真見鬼! Oh, heck! *heck表示有點灰心和失望。
Oh, heck! I failed the test. (噢,見鬼!沒考及格。)
= Oh, darn!
= Oh, no!
- 什麼! Shucks!
*承認自己的錯誤,或迴應別人對自己的不滿時。
Where is your homework? (你的作業在哪兒呢?)
Shucks! I forgot it at home. (哎呀!我忘在家裡了。)
- 真見鬼! Shoot!
*表示厭惡、激怒、驚奇等。常用來表示事情並不像自己所想像的那樣順利時。
Shoot! I Missed the train. (真見鬼!我沒趕上電車。)
= Sheesh!
- 他媽的! Shit!
*聽起來很低級。shoot是shit的委婉說法。
- 啊!糟了! Uh-oh.
*表示“不好”、“糟了”,帶有驚訝的語氣。
Did you bring the book I lent you? (你借我的書帶來了嗎?)
Uh-oh. I forgot. (啊,糟了,我忘了。)
- 有的事是行不通的。 Not everything is logical.
*logical “合邏輯的”、“合乎道理的”。
= Everything isn't always logical.
= Not everything follows the rules of logic.
- (金錢)全都浪費了。 It went down the drain.
*drain “排水管”。
How was the investment? (投資的那個項目怎麼樣?)
It went down the drain. (全都白搭了。)
- 就差那麼一點兒。 I almost made it.
*用almost表示“差一點兒就……”。
The train just left. (電車剛走。)
I almost made it. (就差那麼一點兒。)
= I was almost on time.
= I was just a little late. (就晚了那麼一點兒。)
- 想點兒辦法吧! Do something!
Our house is a mess? (我們的家真亂。)
So, do something! (那,你就收拾收拾吧。)
= Do something about it!
= Please do something about it.(請想點兒辦法吧!)
Please take care of it for me.(請為我處理一下兒吧。)
- 我忙得要命。 I'm so busy.
I'm so busy today. (我今天忙得要命。)
How about tomorrow? (那明天怎麼樣?)
= I'm too busy.
= I'm as busy as a bee. *短語,“像蜜蜂一樣忙碌”。
- 這項工作對我來說太重了。 This task is too much for me.
* task表示“作為任務分派給人的工作”。
This task is too much for me. (這項工作對我來說太重了。)
Please don't give up yet. (請你別放棄。)
I can't complete this task alone. (我一個人無法完成這項工作。)
= This is too much for me to handle.
- 這麼點兒薪水我怎麼夠活呀! I can't make ends meet on my small salary.
= I can't live on my low pay.
= I can't get along on my scanty pay.
= I find it impossible to make ends meet on my small salary.
- 我再也忍不下去了。 This is the last straw.
*last straw 表示“再也無法承受的負擔和困難上又新加的痛苦”。
Your husband hit you again? (你丈夫又打你了?)
Yes. This is the last straw. (是的。我再也忍不下去了。)
= That's it.
= I've had it up to here.
= I can't take it any more.
- 你的答覆我接受不了。 Your response is unacceptable.
*unacceptable 表示“接受不了”。
= I'm not satisfied with what you say.
= Your answer is unsatisfactory.
- 我不滿意他的回答。 I'm not satisfied with his answer.
*be satisfied with... “對……感到滿意”。
= I'm dissatisfied with his answer.
= His answer didn't satisfy me.
- 他今天一副挑釁的樣子。 He's got a chip on his shoulder today.
*指“要打架的樣子”、“情緒不好的態度”。
- 公平點兒! Play fair!
= Play fairly!
= Don't cheat! (不許搞鬼。)
- 多費時費錢呀! What a waste of time and money!
What a waste of time and money! (費時又費錢。)
Don't say that. (你別那麼說呀!)
= You're wasting your time and money!
- 你太慷慨了。 You're too generous.
*在送給別人相當有價值的東西等場合時使用。generous “慷慨的”、“不吝惜的”、“寬大的”、“度量大的”。
I'd like you to have this. (我想送你這個。)
You're too generous. Thank you very much. (你太慷慨了。謝謝。)
= You're too kind.
- 他把一切都告訴了我。 He told me all about it.
= He told me everything.
- 怎麼花這麼長時間? What's taking so long?
= Why is it taking so long?
- 10分鐘怎麼也來不及。 I can't make it in ten minutes.
I need more time. (我還需要點兒時間。)
It'll take me longer than ten minutes. (要花10分鐘以上。)
Ten minutes isn't enough time. (10分鐘太倉促了。)
- 他看不起我。 He looks down on me.
= He despises me.
He respects me. (他尊重我。)
- 你什麼忙也幫不了。 You're good for nothing.
- 簡直快讓我瘋了。 It drives me crazy.
I hate that noise. (我真討厭那種聲音。)
It drives me crazy. (它簡直快讓我瘋了。)
= It makes me crazy.
= It drives me up the wall.
- 就這些嗎? Is that all?
I'd like this one, and that one, please. (我要這個和那個。)
Is that all? (就這些嗎?)
= Is that it?
= Anything else? (還要別的嗎?)
- 這太少了。/這不夠。 That's not enough.
*用於所持或得到的量不足時。
I'll give you 10% off. (我給你便宜10%。)
That's not enough. How about 20% off? (這太少了。20%怎麼樣?)
I'd like more. (我還想要點兒。)
I need more. (我需要再多一點兒。)
- 他對我不公平。 He's unfair to me.
*unfair “不公平的”、“不合理的”。
= He treats me unfairly.
= He doesn't treat me fairly. (他對待我不公平。)