地道英文表达中文最常用短语(2)
37.不会吧? That won’t happen, will it?e.g. A: He will win the game. That won’t happen, will it?
不会吧? No, she’s not like that, is she?
e.g. A: Are you sure she stole the jewels? No, she’s not like that, is she?
不会吧? No, it won’t, will it?
e.g. A: He may not have much longer to live.
B: No, he won’t die, will he?
不会吧? No way! (or Be smart!, 较礼貌一点)
37.起内哄。 Fighting one’s own. / In-fighting.
e.g.A: That company wasted too much time fighting its own.
A: I won’t tolerate this in-fighting!
38.狗屎运! Lucky bastard!
e.g.A: He won the lottery! Lucky bastard!
39.没风度。 Crass
e.g.A: He’s so crass. There’s no way I would date him.
注:另外,vulgar,boorish也可以用来形容别人没风度。
40.你说呢? So what?
e.g.A: You are such a bad person. Who’s gonna like you?
B: So what?
你说呢! You tell me!
e.g.A: What are we going to do?
B: You tell me!
注:说“So what”时,若语气冷淡,则表示不在乎;若语气带挑衅,则表示不要人干涉,有“你管我 ”“那又怎样”的意思。
41.别傻了! Wise up!
e.g. A: Please, you believe that? Wise up!
Don’t be silly!
e.g. A: I think we can get everyone to give us money.
B: Don’t be silly.
注:当女孩子说“Don’t be silly”时,大多是在打情骂俏。
42.别闹了! Keep it down!
e.g. A: You kids are too loud! Keep it down!
注:Keep it down是不要闹了,但keep it up意思完全不同,是用来勉励对方继续努力下去。如果keep it up!用威吓的语气说就变成:若继续下去后果就不堪设想(你再给我试试看!)。
42.不许碰! Don’t touch it! / Hands off!
43.胆小鬼!Coward!
e.g.A: He dare not do it! What a coward!
44.考虑中! Sitting on the fence。
e.g. A: I haven’t decided what to do. I’m sitting on the fence.
注: 表示此人的决定仍摇摆不定,随时会受人影响。
45.认输吧! Give in!
e.g. A: Give in! You won’t have a chance.
注: 也可用“give it up!”,意即“不要再试了,你只是在浪费时间”。
46.抢劫啊! Rip off!
e.g. A: That shirt cost me $3,000! What a rip-off!
注: rip当名词也可当动词,所以可说:He really ripped me off.” 。
47.别催我! Don’t rush me.
e.g. A: I’m on it! Don’t rush me. 别催我!我正在做呢!
48.再联络! Keep in touch。
49.干得好! Good job. / Well done!
50.真划算。 What a great deal!
e.g. I got two bikes for the price of one. What a great deal!
注:这里的deal是指买卖交易。在其他情况中“What’s the deal?”, “What’s going on?”, “Why are you doing this?” 都是在询问“怎么了?”。
51.看好喔! Watch me!
注:这句是要别人注意自己在表演的特殊动作或技巧。
52.死定了!I’m dead!
e.g. A: I lost my computer. I’m dead. What am I going to do?
I’m dead meat.
e.g. A: I failed the exam! I’m dead meat!
注:以上两句都是十分夸张的句子,表示真的不知如何是好,另外,常见的句子有“You’ll be the death of me.”意思是指你和你惹的麻烦会毁了我。
53. 羡慕吧! Eat your heart out!
e.g. A: Look out all these girls all over me! Eat your heart out! You’re never gonna find a girl who will like you.
注:说这句话的人有着炫耀的心态。
54.无所谓。 Whatever。
e.g. A: You can do what you want. Whatever.
注:这是年轻人很常用的俚语,除了无所谓外,还有以下的意思:① I don’t care! (我才不在乎) ② etc., etc, (等等,诸如此类的) ③ No! ④ That’s not the way it is, but I don’t give a damn. (才不是那样的,不过我才不理它。)在不同上下文作不同解释。
55.别装蒜! Don’t play innocent. / Don’t play dumb!
56.去你的! F**k you! (这句话十分粗俗,用生气或厌恶的语气说,有“滚你妈的蛋”之意。
57.分摊吧! Let’s go Dutch.
58.你做梦! You’re dreaming.
e.g. A: That will never happen. You’re dreaming.
注:“Dream on!”意思也是一样,另外多了点玩笑的态度。
59.你真笨! You’re so lame!
e.g. A: You’re so lame. Even a kid can make it. Try again.
注:Lame 原来的意思是跛脚、不适当的意思。在这里指人不够酷、无能。
60. 并不想。Don’t feel like it.
e.g. A: Come out with us tonight. It’ll cheer you up.
B: I don’t feel like it.
61.好可惜。What a shame (pity).
62.随便你。 (It’s )Up to you. /Whatever.
63.安分点!Behave!
e.g. A: Stop making so much noise! Behave.
注: 年轻人用这句话的时候,多是在闹着玩的情况下,要对方“安分点”;男女朋友在打情骂俏时也会叫对方“安分”一点。
64.再说啦! We’ll talk about it later.
65.分手吧! Let’s break up.
66.你看吧! I told you so!
e.g. A: I told you so! It won’t work.
See!
e.g. A: Like I said, it’s not as hard as you thought it’d be. See!
67.不要脸! Shameless!
e.g. A: I can’t believe she’s wearing that! Shameless!
注:本句除了用shameless外,也可用“She has no shame. ”。
68.别管他! Don’t worry about it.
e.g. A: I don’t want to look bad.
B: Don’t worry about it. No one will notice.
Don’t pay attention to it.
e.g. A: That guy over there is staring at me.
B: Don’t play attention to it.
What the heck!
e.g. A: Is it alright if I ask Dane to come over?
B: What the heck!
注: what the heck 与what the ****! 两个意思一样。
69.怎么说? How do I say this?
e.g. A: It’s so hard to explain. How do I say this?
What do you mean?
e.g. A: I’m feeling sorry for him.
B: What do you mean?
70.胡扯的! That’s rubbish!
e.g. A: It’s no like that at all. That’s rubbish.
71.蛮配的。 Suits you well.
e.g. That color looks really good on you. It suits you well.
72.很恶心! Blood and gore.
e.g. A: I don’t like scary and violent movies. There’s too much blood and gore.
That’s so gross!
e.g. Will you stop making those gestures? That’s so gross!
注:“Blood and gore”多半是指电影而言,而“gross”在一般的情况下都可使用。
73.懂了吗? Get it?
e.g. A: We broke up two months ago! Stop calling me. Do you get it?
(Do you) know what I mean? / know what I’m saying?
e.g. A: That’s the way it is. ( Do you ) know What I mean?
You know?
e.g. A: I really hate this. You know?
74. 别装了! Stop pretending.E.g. A: I know you hate it. Stop pretending.
注: Pretending可用playing 代替。
75.神经病。 Crazy!
e.g. A: You can’t do that! Crazy!
注:这字暗示某人精神失常,行为反常;年轻人的俚语常以“mentally challenged” 代替crazy。
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