迷你对话学地道口语第648期:渴望做

 　　Subject：I am dying to meet you.

　　迷你对话

　　A: Honey, I’ve been dying to meet you.

　　亲爱的，我非常想见到你。

　　B: Me too. If only you were beside me.

　　我也一样啊。要是你在我身边多好呀。

　　地道表达

　　be dying to do something

　　1. 解词释义

　　汉语中我们用“渴”来表示强烈的愿望，从而有了“如饥似渴”“渴望”等生动的词语。而英语中的“die”则有异曲同工之妙，也是用来形容非常急切的愿望或强烈的愿望。Be dying to do something或者是be dying for something是“想得要命”的意思，意思是desire excessively。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. She is dying to know where you've been.

　　她渴望知道你到哪里去了。

　　e.g. The conversation vexed¹ her, and she was dying to tell this honest lady a few home truths.

　　这种谈话叫她心烦，她急于要把自己家庭生活的实情告诉这位正经妇人一点。

　　e.g. London was a new world to me and I was dying to find out more about it for myself.

　　伦敦对我来说是个新世界，我渴望了解这个城市的一切。

　　e.g. We were in a fever of impatience²; we were dying to see the renowned³ Cathedral!

　　大家急得要命；恨不得一见闻名天下的大教堂。

　　Ps：if only用于虚拟语气中，表示“要是......就好了。”再如：

　　If only one had an unlimited⁴ supply of money!

　　要是财源不断就好了！

　　If only it were possible for me to see her once more!

　　但愿我还能再看见她一次。

　　If only you would listen to reason!

　　你要是能听得进道理就好了！

　　The pills might have cured him, if only he'd taken them regularly.

　　他要是按时服用这些药丸, 本来是可能治得好的.

1 vexed   

adj.争论不休的；（指问题等）棘手的；争论不休的问题；烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 )；使苦恼；使生气；详细讨论

参考例句：

• The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls. 会议花了几天的时间讨论边境关卡这个难题。
• He was vexed at his failure. 他因失败而懊恼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 impatience   

n.不耐烦，急躁

参考例句：

• He expressed impatience at the slow rate of progress.进展缓慢，他显得不耐烦。
• He gave a stamp of impatience.他不耐烦地跺脚。

3 renowned   

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

• He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
• She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。

4 unlimited   

adj.无限的，不受控制的，无条件的

参考例句：

• They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
• There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。