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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