地道英文表达中文最常用短语(1)
1. 活该! serves you(him,her) right!= you deserve (he/she deserves it.)e.gyou failed the test? serves you right for not studying!
2. 活该! you had it coming!
a: I gained weight!
b: well, you had it coming, because you've been eating so much without exercising.
3. 胡闹 that’s monkey business!
e.g. a: stop fooling around! that’s monkey business! 别再混日子了!你根本在胡闹嘛!
注:本句也可把monkey当成动词说成“stop monkeying around!”
4. 请便! help yourself.
do as you please. (表示不需准许而可取东西,就是请客人自在点,不必太拘束。)
5. 哪有? what do you mean? not at all!
注:如果只说“what do you mean?”那是不带任何用意的问句,只是想问清楚对方的意思;但是它也可用于挑衅及威胁,代表不满对方表达的意见。若加上“not at all”,表示你在否认对方表达的意思。
6. 才怪! yeah,right!as if!
e.g. a: today’s test was very easy.
b: yeah, right!
a:he thinks he can socialize with us! as if! 他自认可以跟我们交往! 才怪!
注:“yeah,right”常用于讽刺性的回答。“as if”大多是10到17岁女孩的用语。
7. 加油! go for it!
e.g.a: go for it! you can do it!
注:这是鼓励他人的话,也就是“give it a good try.”“try your best.”。
8. 够了! enough!stop it!
注:也可以加强语气说“enough is enough!”。要是对方正在fooling around(无所事事),你会骂他“enough of this foolishness!”(混够了吧!)
9. 放心! I got your back.
e.g. a: Don’t worry, man. I got your back.
注:这句原本来自“i’m covering you from behind”(我在后面掩护你),是打仗时军人常说的一句话。但在现代的意思是我会照料一切,要对方不必担心,所以这句男人会常用,女人反而较少用。
10.爱表现! showoff!
e.g.a: he’s been doing that all day. what a showoff!
注:showoff是名词,也可作动词,如:she likes to show off her toys. 或he is always showing off his strength.
11.讨厌! so annoying!
e.g.a: stop that! you are so annoying! 够了!你真讨厌!
12.免谈! no need to discuss!(no need for discussion.)
e.g.a: it’s all settled. there’s no need to discuss it anymore. 全都确定了。所以就免谈了!
13.好险! that was close!
e.g.a: i’m so glad you made it. that was close!
注:这里的close是很接近、幸好的意思,和开门关门(open and close)的close不同 。
14.闭嘴! shut up!
15.好烂! it sucks!
e.g.a: that sucks. don’t buy it.
注:这句话可用来形容人、事物的状况令人失望或十分不理想。
16.真巧! what a coincidence!
17.幼稚! immature!
e.g.a: she’s still sleeping with her favorite stuffed animal. she’s so immature.
what a baby!
e.g.a: look at her, still buying “hello kitty” stuff at age 30. what a baby!
注:这句话对美国人来说侮辱的程度比较大。
18.花痴! flirt!
e.g.a: you are such a flirt! stop kissing up to him! he doesn’t like you at all. 你是花痴喔?别再讨好他了。他根本不喜欢你。
注:不论男女,凡有如此行为的皆可用flirt表示。player(调情圣手)专指男性,tease(卖弄风情的女人)专指女性。
19.痞子! riff raff!
e.g.a: these people give me the creeps. riff raff! 这些人使我起鸡皮疙瘩。真是一群痞子!
注:在美国riff raff特别指人肮脏、下流。
20.找死! playing with fire!
e.g.a: are you crazy? you’re playing with fire!
注:这是表示某人在做的事很危险或很有挑战性。
21.色狼! Pervert!
e.g.A: He is such a pervert! I saw him looking at me in the toilet!
注:这句话除了指性变态,也指精神变态,可简单地说“perv”,也可作动词,例如:“You are rally perverted.” 。
22.精彩! Super!
e.g.A: Good job. That’s super!
注:这字有点旧了,但年轻人喜欢在形容词前面加super以强调它的意思,如“super-cool”。
23.算了! Forget it!
注:这句有“不谈这件事了”,或“这没什么”的意思。
24.糟了! Shit!/ F**k!/ Damn!
e.g.A: Shit! This stinks!糟了!这好臭!
注: 这些都是低俗的用语,如同“***”等等咒骂的字,Damn是其中最温和的一个。
25.废话! Bullshit!
e.g.A: I don’t believe it. That’s bullshit!
26.变态! Pervert!
e.g. A: Let’s get out of here. There are so many perverts here.
注:中文的变态从意思来看,其实比英文的pervert语意厌恶许多。
27.吹牛! Brag.
e.g. A: He’s bragging. There’s no way he could do that!
28.装傻! Play dumb.
e.g.A: Don’t play dumb. You know about that.
29.偏心。 Biased (prejudiced)。
e.g.A: Stop saying those things about it. You’re just biased. 不要再这样说它了,你就是偏心。
A:He’s so prejudiced. He helps her just because he likes her.
注:prejudice本意就是负面的,常用来职责对方不公正, bias则是中性字,如“The author has a bias for apple pie”(这个作家对苹果派有所偏好)。
30.无耻! Shameless!
e.g.A: How could you do such a thing! You’re shameless! 这种事你也做得出来!你无耻!
注: Shameless 和 no shame不同,no shame是not scared of being shameful,不怕丢脸的意思。
31.你敢? You dare?
e.g.A: I want to challenge you!
B: You dare?
32.赞成!I approve. / That’s a good idea.
e.g. A: Let’s go for a walk.
B: Sure. I approve.
33.好饱!I’m stuffed.
34.休想! Over my dead body!/ No way!
e.g.A: You want to marry that guy? Over my dead body!
35.成交! It’s a deal!
36.干嘛? What?/ What do you want?/ What’s wrong? / what do you think you are doing? / what happened? / what for?
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