迷你对话学地道口语第275期:不知所措 精神错乱

　　迷你对话：
A: Saying you want to kill yourself, you terrified me out of my wits.
你说你要自杀，吓死我了。
B: I was playing a joke on you.
我跟你开玩笑的。
A: That’s too much.
那也太过分了。
B: Dear, forgive me. I won’t do that again.
亲爱的，原谅我，我再也不会那样了。
地道表达：
out of one’s wits
解词释义：
wit的意思是“智力，才智”。从字面意思来看，改习语的意思是“超出某人才智所能及的范围”，引申为“不知所措”或“精神错乱”之意。
支持范例：
The child was out of his wits with fright.
那孩子吓得茫然失措。
Mr. Lin was nearly out of his wits with anxiety. His heart thumped¹ erratically².
林先生急得什么似的，心是卜卜地乱跳。
Never take me to a horror film again. I was scared out of my wits.
以后再也不要带我去看恐怖电影, 我简直被吓得魂不附体。
You'll drive me out of my wits if you go on behaving in this way.
你再这样下去真要把我逼疯了。
词海拾贝：
play a joke on sb.：开某人的玩笑
范例：Don't play a joke on that old man any more. It's impolite.
要再跟那位老人开玩笑了。这太不礼貌了。
He winks³ at me to show that he is play a joke on the others.
他向我眨了眨一只眼, 意思是他正在开别人的玩笑。
One day they decided⁴ to play a joke on their professor.
一天他们决定跟这位教授开个玩笑。
One day, the boy decided to play a practical joke on the villagers.
一天，这个男孩想对那些村民来个恶作剧。

1 thumped   

v.重击， （指心脏）急速跳动( thump的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Dave thumped the table in frustration . 戴夫懊恼得捶打桌子。
• He thumped the table angrily. 他愤怒地用拳捶击桌子。

2 erratically   

adv.不规律地，不定地

参考例句：

• Police stopped him for driving erratically. 警察因其驾驶不循规则而把他拦下了。 来自辞典例句
• Magnetitite-bearing plugs are found erratically from the base of the Critical Zone. 含磁铁岩的岩栓不规则地分布于关键带的基底以上。 来自辞典例句

3 winks   

v.使眼色( wink的第三人称单数 )；递眼色（表示友好或高兴等）；（指光）闪烁；闪亮

参考例句：

• I'll feel much better when I've had forty winks. 我打个盹就会感到好得多。
• The planes were little silver winks way out to the west. 飞机在西边老远的地方，看上去只是些很小的银色光点。 来自辞典例句

4 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。