情景会话口袋书人际篇18:抱怨(1)(在线收听) |
1. That's not fair. 这不公平。
还能这样说:
It is unfair.
That is unjust.
应用解析:
fair可以作形容词:公平的,公正的;晴朗的;花言巧语的;
还可以作名词:集市,庙会;展览会;义卖会。
2. I'm afaraid I have a complaint about the service.
我对你们的服务有意见。
还能这样说:
I am not satisfied with your service.
I have something to complain of the service.
应用解析:
be afraid of one's own shadow 很胆小,非常胆怯;
be afraid of doing sth./that...担忧或忧虑……
3. You are always grumbling about everything.
你总是抱怨。
还能这样说:
You always have some moan or another about everything.
You always complain.
应用解析:
grumble at 抱怨;
grumble one's complaint 发牢骚;
grumble out 抱怨,嘟囔地说出
4. She is railing against fate.
她在抱怨命运不好。
还能这样说:
She repines at her misfortune.
She murmurs at her bad luck.
应用解析:
rail 作动词:咒骂,严厉责备;
作名词:铁轨,铁路,栏杆。例如:More than 50 people were badly injured when the train went off the rails.火车出轨时,50多人受重伤。
5. The cause of his discontent was the low salary.
他不满意的原因是工资太低。
还能这样说:
He was dissatisfied with the low salary.
The low salary did not satisfy him at all.
应用解析:
give cause for 引起;成为……的原罪
have cause for 有理由;
lost cause 已注定的败局;没希望的事;
make common cause with 与……同心协力
6. What are you most dissatisfied with?
你最不满意的是什么?
还能这样说:
What is your greatest grievance?
What is the thing that makes you feel most resentful?
应用解析:
satisfy the eye 悦目;
satisfy the people's needs 满足人民的需要;
satisfy one's desire 满足欲望;
satisfy oneself 彻底弄清楚;证明;
satisfy with 使对……感到满意
7. You're nothing but an old grouch!
你就是个爱发牢骚的老家伙!
还能这样说:
You are an old bellyacher.
You are really an old grumbler.
谚语:
By doing nothing we learn to do ill.
一闲生百邪。
8. I don't seem to fit.
我在这里格格不入。
还能这样说:
I am like a square peg in a round hole.
I am incompatible with things here.
应用解析:
seem to be/seem like 似乎,好像,仿佛;
it seems as if... 看样子……,似乎…… |
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