- 分情境轻松学好易误读短语
- 钟亚捷
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- 2020-08-29 12:02:45
Chapter 01 与“心情”有关
生气
□erupted in anger 生气
关键词 erupted Vp.t 爆发 / anger n. 生气
应用
My mom erupted in anger when she found my younger sister had a boyfriend.
我妈妈得知妹妹交了男朋友后,勃然大怒。
易混淆用法
常见用语 dare sb's anger 不怕惹某人生气
Mark dared his boss' anger and quitted his job.
马克一点都不怕惹他老板生气,并且辞职了。
□take offense at 对……生气
关键词 offense n. 冒犯 / at prep. 对……
应用
The music band took offense at the noisy audience.
乐团对吵闹的观众感到很生气。
相似词表达
常见用语 fume at 对……生气
The ambassador fumed at the questions the journalists put forward.
大使对记者们提出的问题感到很生气。
愤怒
□become angry from embarrassment 恼羞成怒
关键词 become v. 变得 / angry a. 生气的 / embarrassment n. 尴尬
应用
John became angry from embarrassment as someone pointed out the errors in his strategy.
约翰听到有人指出他策略里的错误,便恼羞成怒。
易混淆用法
常见用语 angry at 因为……而生气
I was angryat my mom because she read my diary.
我对我妈很生气,因为她看了我的日记。
□explode with rage 勃然大怒
关键词 explode v. 爆炸 / rage n. 愤怒
应用
He exploded with rage after hearing such news.
听到这个消息后,他勃然大怒。
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常见用语 hit the ceiling / roof 勃然大怒
He hit the ceiling when he heard the news.
他听到消息后勃然大怒。
□in a blaze of passion 盛怒之下
关键词 in prep. 处在…… / blaze n. 爆发 / passion n. 盛怒
应用
The teacher slapped the kid on his face in a blaze of passion.
老师在盛怒之下,打了那个孩子一巴掌。
相似词表达
常见用语 in a towering rage 怒气冲天
My parents went in a towering rage when they found the tattoo on my arm.
我爸妈发现我手臂上的刺青后大发雷霆。
□glow with rage 怒容满面
关键词 glow v. 燃烧 / rage n. 愤怒
应用
I don't know why he glowed with rage when he came in.
我不知道他为何进来的时候怒容满面。
易混淆用法
常见用语 glowing hot 灼热的It's so glowinghot out there at noon.
正午时天气很热。
□imprison one's anger 强压怒火
关键词 imprison v. 限制、束缚 / anger n. 生气
应用
Her E.Q. is so high that she managesto imprison her anger no matter how rude others are.
她的情商很高,别人再怎么无礼,她都有办法不生气。
易混淆用法
常见用语 furious with anger 狂怒
The coach of the runner-up player seemed furious with anger.
名次第二的选手的教练怒不可遏。
□fly into a fury 大怒
关键词 fly v. 飞行、飞至 / fury n. 暴怒
应用
The interviewee flew into a fury when the interviewer asked something inappropriate.
受访者听到访问人不适当的问题时,勃然大怒。
相似词表达
常见用语 fly into a rage 勃然大怒
Stop talking, or he will fly into a rage.
别再说了,否则他就要发飙了。
□furious with anger 狂怒、大发雷霆
关键词 furious a. 狂怒的 / anger n. 生气
应用
He was furious with anger because she made a big mistake.
他因为她犯了一个很大的错误而大发雷霆。
易混淆用法
常见用语 at a furious pace 以最快速度
The ambulance took the injured lady to the emergency room at a furious pace.
救护车以最快速度将受伤的女士送至急诊室。
□glare at 怒视着……
关键词 glare v. 怒目注视 / at prep. 在……
应用
I don't know why he often glares at me.我不知道他为何老是怒视着我。
易混淆用法
常见用语 in the full glare of publicity 在众目睽睽之下、非常显眼
My boyfriend said he didn't want to kiss me in the full glare of publicity.
我男朋友说他不想在大庭广众下亲我。
□walk away in resentment 忿忿地走开
关键词 walk v. 走 / away ad. 离开 / resentment n. 愤怒
应用
She walked away in resentment as she found she couldn't persuade him.
她发现说服不了他后,只好忿忿地走开。
易混淆用法
常见用语 bear a resentment against sb 怨恨某人
I bear no resentment against anyone.
我谁都不怨。
发疯
□go mad 发疯了
关键词 mad a. 发疯的
应用
She went totally mad when she found the airline was having a big sale.
得知那家航空在进行促销活动时,她乐疯了。
易混淆用法
常见用语 be mad at 对……发怒
Tom was mad at me because I said he was obsessed with video games.
汤姆对我很生气,因为我说他沉迷于电子游戏。
气恼
□get sore about sth 因某事而恼怒
关键词 get v. 变得 / sore a. 惹人生气的
应用
His father got sore about his cheating last night.
父亲对他昨晚的欺骗行为感到十分恼怒。
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常见用语 get steamed up about sth 因某事而恼怒
She got steamed up about being stood up.
她被放鸽子了,所以很生气。
□be ticked off 惹恼
关键词 ticked a. 被惹恼的
应用
I'm going to be ticked off if you keep treating my family like that.
你再这样对我的家人的话,我就要发飙了。
易混淆用法
常见用语 on the tick 极为准时地
The professor showed up at the lab on the tick.
教授准时到达了实验室。
□stare at sb in irritation 气恼地看着某人
关键词 stare v. 凝视着 / irritation n. 激怒
应用
He stared at her in irritation and didn't say anything at all.
他气恼地看着她,却什么也没说。
易混淆用法
常见用语 stare sb up and down 上下打量某人
Don't stare up and down at people you just met. It's not polite.
别上下打量刚认识的人。这不礼貌。
沉重
□feel heavy-hearted 心情沉重
关键词 feel v. 感觉 / heavy a. 沉重的
应用
Everyone in the room felt heavy-hearted when we learned that a friend was in a plane crash.
听到一个朋友遭遇空难时,整个房间的人心情都很沉重。
再练习一次
I felt heavy-hearted when Mary told me the bad news.
我听到玛莉的坏消息后,感到心情非常沉重。
□sb's heart sank 心一沉
关键词 heart n. 心 / sank Vp.t 沉没
应用
When I woke up this morning and found scraps of paper all over my bedroom floor, my heart sank. The dog ate my homework.
我早上起床发现房间地上都是碎纸时,我的心一沉。狗把我的作业吃掉了。
再练习一次
John was hugging and kissing a girl. My heart sank.
约翰跟一个女孩在拥吻,我心一沉。
悲伤
□be sick at heart 十分悲伤
关键词 sick a. 有病的、不愉快的 / heart n. 心
应用
I was really sick at heart when my parents had a divorce when I was nine.
在我九岁时,我爸妈离婚,真的让我很悲伤。
再练习一次
I feel sick at heart to know my professor tookbribe from other students.
知道我的教授接受其他学生的贿赂时,我十分痛心。
□tear sb up 使人悲伤
关键词 tear v. 使满载泪水
应用
Seeing the dog being hit by the car teared me up.
看到狗被车撞让我十分悲伤。
再练习一次
The breakup this time really teared me up.
这次的分手真的让我伤透了心。
痛苦
□agony of 痛苦
关键词 agony n. 极度痛苦
应用
He suffered the agony of seeing his son die in his arms.
看着自己的儿子死在自己怀里,他十分痛苦。
再练习一次
The agony of losing her son has haunted Amy for years.
失去儿子的痛苦多年来一直笼罩着艾米。
□pain in the ass 令人痛苦
关键词 pain n. 痛苦 / ass n. 屁股
应用
It's pain in the ass for me to ride on a roller coaster.
对我来说,坐过山车是非常痛苦的。
再练习一次
It's pain in the ass when I find my boyfriend betrays me.
当我发现我男友背叛我时我真的很痛苦。
沮丧
□to one's dismay 使人沮丧的是
关键词 dismay n. 沮丧、气馁
应用
To her dismay, he would do drugs again.
让她沮丧的是,他又去吸毒了。
再练习一次
To my dismay, people didn't seem to like my work very much.
令我沮丧的是,人们似乎不喜欢我的作品。
□cheese sb off 使某人厌倦、灰心
关键词 off prep. 从……掉下
应用
The man is cheesed off with clubbing every night.
这个人厌倦了每晚都去夜店。
再练习一次
The result of the experiment cheesed me off.
实验的结果让我很灰心。
没心情
□absence of mind 心不在焉
关键词 absence n. 缺席、未到 / mind n. 精神
应用
He didn't do well on this for his absence of mind.
因为他心不在焉,事情都没有做好。
易混淆用法
常见用语 change sb's mind 改变某人的心意
You'd better take the offer before he changes his mind.
你最好在他改变心意前,接受那份工作。
□be in no mood for sth 没心思做某事
关键词 mood n. 情绪 / for prep. 为……
应用
I am in no mood for dancing today, could you ask somebody else?
我今天没有心情跳舞,你可以去邀请其他人吗?
易混淆用法
常见用语 mood disorder 情绪障碍
People with depression suffer from mood disorder.
忧郁症患者有情绪障碍。
胆小
□scared cat 胆小鬼
关键词 scared a. 易受惊害怕的 / cat n. 猫
应用
I am willing to admit that I am a scared cat for not getting on the Ferris wheel.
我愿意为了不要上摩天轮,承认我是个胆小鬼。
再练习一次
How come you became such a scared cat? You used to be brave.
你怎么成了个胆小鬼?你曾经很勇敢的。
□timid as a rabbit 胆小如鼠
关键词 timid a. 害羞的 / rabbit n. 兔子
应用
If my memory serves me right, Hanson was as timid as a rabbit when he was little.
没记错的话,汉森以前胆小如鼠。
相似词表达
常见用语 cowardly as a mouse 胆小如鼠
He is as cowardly as a mouse, so he won't do it.
他胆小如鼠,是不会去做这种事的。
因开心而笑
□beam with joy 笑逐颜开
关键词 beam v. 眉开眼笑 / joy n. 快乐
应用
Upon hearing the good news Joey beamed with joy.
一听到这个好消息,乔伊笑逐颜开。
相似词表达
常见用语 one's frown fades 笑逐颜开
His frown faded into a polite smile.
他不再皱眉,反倒给了个礼貌性的微笑。
□roar with laughter 哄堂大笑
关键词 roar v. 大声呼喊 / laughter n. 笑声
应用
His joke made the customers in the bar roar with laughter.
他讲的笑话让全酒吧的人哄堂大笑。
易混淆用法
常见用语 in a roar 哄笑的
David burst out in a roar of laughter when he heard the news.
大卫听到这则消息时哈哈大笑。
●流行语专栏
“我中了大奖。”I hit the jackpot.
A : What are you reading?
B : I was browsing through the shelves of an old bookstore when I hit the jackpot finding this long out of print deluxe edition of Frankenstein.
A:你在看什么?
B:我刚在一间老书店随便看看,结果竟然被我发现这本绝版多年的豪华版《科学怪人》。
这句话怎么来
此语源自扑克牌赌博,在有人手中有一对jack 或者更大的牌时,才可以开局下注, pot(集合的赌注)因此变成jackpot。刚发牌时,手上有大牌如jack 的机会很低,所以要几轮发牌、集合许多赌资时,才会有人得到这类好牌,得到全部赌资。
开心
□be in heaven now 现在很开心
关键词 in prep. 处在…… / heavenn. 天堂
应用
Holy cow, I got an offer from Harvard!I'm in heaven now!
天啊,我被哈佛录取了!我现在好开心!
再练习一次
My wife is pregnant! I'm in heaven now.
我太太怀孕了!我现在好开心!I got asked out by a hot girl last night in the bar! I'm in 7th heaven!昨天晚上在酒吧里,有个辣妹约我!好开心!
□be in 7th heaven 快乐无比
关键词 heaven n. 天堂
应用
再练习一次
I won a flight ticket to Bangkok! I'm in 7th heaven!
我赢到一张去曼谷的机票!好开心!
□happy-go-lucky 开心乐天的
关键词 happy a. 开心的 / lucky a. 幸运的
应用
He goes through life in a happy-go-lucky fashion.
他以乐天的态度过人生。
再练习一次
Brandon enjoyed his happy-go-lucky lifestyle in a tropical island.
布兰登在热带小岛上享受他乐天的生活。
高兴
□in great glee 非常高兴
关键词 great a. 极好的 / glee n. 欢欣
应用
We will be in great glee if we have the chance to work with you.
如果我们能有机会与您合作,将会非常高兴。
相似词表达
常见用语 on cloud nine 非常高兴
I would be on cloud nine if I could get the sponsor.
如果能拿到这个赞助,我就会很高兴。
□on the spur of the moment 一时高兴或冲动
关键词 spur n. 激励 / moment n. 时刻
应用
I bought the velvet gown on the spur of the moment.
我一时冲动买了件丝质晚礼服。
易混淆用法
常见用语 spur on 鞭策……;激励……
The manager's new policies really spur us on to work harder.
经理的新政策真的激励了我们更努力的工作。
□cheer up 振作、使高兴
关键词 cheer v. 使振奋 / up prep. 向……上
应用
Cheer up, you can defeat him next time.
振作点,你下次就能赢过他了。
相似词表达
常见用语 jolly up 使振奋
The good news jollied up the whole office.
这个好消息使全办公室为之振奋。