迷你对话学地道口语第652期:摆架子(在线收听

   Subject:Don’t put on airs.

  迷你对话
  A: Don’t put on airs. Do something practical.
  别摆架子了,做点实事吧。
  B: Sir. I... I dare not next time.
  老板,我......我下次不敢了。
  地道表达
  put on airs
  1. 解词释义
  Put on airs的字面意思是“把......放到空中”,引申为“装腔作势,摆架子,盛气凌人”的意思。
  2. 拓展例句
  e.g. I didn't like to put on airs, and even less to have too many people catering to me.
  我不喜欢摆架子, 更不愿让人家兴师动众来照顾我。
  e.g. She put on airs after marrying a millionaire.
  自从嫁了百万富翁后,她就摆起架子。
  e.g. You shouldn't put on airs even if you were in charge.
  即便你当头头,也不该摆架子。
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