迷你对话学地道口语第107期:勃然大怒

　　迷你对话：
A:Tim has decided¹ to transfer to another section.
Tim已经决定调到另一个部门去了。
B:Do you know why?
你知道原因吗？
A:Yeah. It is the section manager, David Wright. He’s got angry with Tim the other day and they argued for about ten minutes. Finally Mr. Wrightblew a fuse.
知道，是因为有天部门经理David Wright生Tim的气，然后争执了大概10分钟，David Wright勃然大怒。
地道表达：
blow a fuse：勃然大怒
解词释义：
fuse的意思是“导火索”，blow有“爆炸”的意思，在口语中也有“发脾气，发怒”的意思。两者的结合使得该习语在“发怒”的基础上更加形象地表明了“发怒”的样子。
支持范例：
Eg.The referee² was so unfair that they were about to blow a fuse.
裁判不公正，他们几乎气得发狂。
Eg.She blows a fuse every time she gets mad.
每次她一生气就勃然大怒。
Eg.There's no need to blow a fuse over such a little problem.
为这么点小事没必要发脾气。
Eg.When the boss saw that i was late again, he was speechless with anger.I was afraid he was going to blow a fuse.
当老板看到我又迟到了，气得一句话也没说。我生怕他大发雷霆。
词海拾贝：
1.transfer to：转入，转到
Eg.This footballer wants a transfer to another team.
这位足球运动员想转到另一个球队踢球。
Eg.All the wounded soldiers transfer to a special hospital.
所有伤员都将转到一个特别的医疗治疗。
Eg.Our company will transfer to London.
我们公司将迁往伦敦。
Eg.He was soon transferred to another post.
他很快被调职。
2.get angry with：生某人的气
Eg.We criticized him for his proneness³ to get angry with folk and bawl⁴ them out.
因为他动不动发脾气骂人，我们批评了他。
Eg.When she gets angry with you she will cut you for days.
一旦她生你的气,会几天不理睬你。
Eg.I have a good reason to get angry with her.
我大有理由生她的气。
3.the other day：前几天，不久前的一天
Eg.I bought a pair of tan leather shoes the other day.
前几天我买了双棕褐色的皮鞋。
Eg.I am calling about what we discussed the other day.
我打电话是为了前几天我们所讨论的事。
Eg.Arnold proposed to Alice the other day.
不久前阿诺德向艾丽斯求婚。
Eg.She looked at the vendor⁵ who cheated her the other day with distaste.
她厌恶地望着那个前几天曾经欺骗过她的小贩。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 referee   

n.裁判员．仲裁人，代表人，鉴定人

参考例句：

• The team was left raging at the referee's decision.队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
• The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.裁判在比赛结束时吹响了哨子。

3 proneness   

n.俯伏，倾向

参考例句：

• Their proneness to hallucinatory experiences, and their stress levels, were also assessed. 同时也评估他们产生幻觉的倾向和压力水平。 来自互联网
• Shame proneness as the independent variable was positively correlated with social anxiety. 目的：在大学生中尝试验证羞耻感对社交焦虑的影响作用。 来自互联网

4 bawl   

v.大喊大叫，大声地喊，咆哮

参考例句：

• You don't have to bawl out like that. Eeverybody can hear you.你不必这样大声喊叫，大家都能听见你。
• Your mother will bawl you out when she sees this mess.当你母亲看到这混乱的局面时她会责骂你的。

5 vendor   

n.卖主；小贩

参考例句：

• She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.她厌恶地望着那个前几天曾经欺骗过她的小贩。
• He must inform the vendor immediately.他必须立即通知卖方。