迷你对话:
A: I’m itching for moving!
我真想搬家!
B: What’s the matter? What annoy you?
怎么了?什么惹着你了?
A: It’s so wet and dark, I’m fed up.
这里又暗又湿,我都受够了。
地道表达:
itch for
解词释义:
itch作为动词,原意是“发痒”,引申为“渴望,渴求”,itch for是动词性短语,它也可以做名词性短语表达这个意思,和动词have搭配,have an itch for。
支持范例:
We have been itching for good movie, so we went.
我们很想看一部好电影,于是我们就到电影院去了。
The lonely man has been itching for companionship.
这个孤独的人渴望有人陪伴。
Many unknown writers have an inch for fame.
许多不知名的作家渴望成名。
We have to cure ourselves of having an itch for absolute knowledge and power.
我们必须排除想拥有绝对知识和绝对权利的欲望。
词海拾贝:
fed up:腻烦
Eg. I'm fed up with waiting for her to telephone.
我等她的电话都等得不耐烦了。
Eg. Don't bother me, I'm already fed up.
不要烦我,我已一肚子气了。
Eg. I was fed up with my boss' constant complaints.
我对于老板不停的抱怨,我已经听得烦不胜烦。
Eg. He got fed up with his job and chucked it in.
他对那份工作感到厌倦,辞掉不干了。 |