【经典:英语口语8000句(20),贬低别人】 英语日常交流口语
●贬低别人
他很自私。 He"s selfish. *selfish 带有轻视的语气,表示“自私的”、“利己的”、“不考虑别人的”。 I don"t like John. (我不喜欢约翰。) Why? (为什么?) Because he"s selfish. (他太自私了。) He"s self-centered. (他总是以自己为中心。) He"s self-serving. (他是个只顾自己的人。) He only cares about himself. (他只想他自己的事。) He doesn"t care about anyone but himself. (他从来不想别人。) 他总把问题想得过于严重。 He takes things too seriously. 他头脑简单。 He"s simpleminded. *simpleminded“单纯的”、“头脑简单的”,也有“无知的”、“愚蠢的”语感。 He"s a simple man. *这句话也可解释为“他是个很实际的人”。 He isn"t so smart. (他不很聪明。) 今天他情绪烦躁。 He"s on edge today. *edge“边缘”。on edge 表示“烦躁”、“不安稳”。 What"s wrong with him? He"s on edge today. (怎么啦,他今天这么烦躁。) I don"t know. (我不知道。) He"s edgy today. He"s in a bad mood today. (他今天情绪不好。) 他真是个多嘴多舌的人。 He"s talkative. *talkative“喜欢说话”、“多嘴多舌”。 He"s talkative. (他真多嘴多舌。) Yeah, you can say that again. (啊,你也这么说呀。) He"s a motor-mouth. He never shuts up. (他从来都闭不上嘴。) 他非常有钱。 He"s quite well off. *well off“有钱”、“富裕”,比rich的语气随便。 How"s he doing? (他现在怎么样?) He"s quite well off now. (他现在可有钱了。) He"s a wealthy man. He"s rich. He"s rolling in it. 他很好色。 He"s fresh. *看样子可以翻成“他是个新鲜的人”,但实际上表达的是“他是好色的人”。 He always tries to touch me. (他总想碰我。) Yeah, he"s fresh. (是啊,他真好色。) He"s a dirty-minded man. He"s a dirty old man. (他真是个讨厌的老头。) All he thinks about is sex. (他满脑子想的都是情事。) 他的嘴甜着呢。 He"s a smooth talker. Watch out for him. (你得小心点儿他。) Why? (为什么?) He"s a smooth talker. (他的嘴甜着呢。) He"s honey-tongued. 他是个不可小看的人。 He"s nobody"s fool. *“难打交道的人”、“不容轻视的对手”。 What"s Joe like? (乔这个人怎么样?) He"s nobody"s fool. (你可不能小看他。) He"s very shrewd. 他净说些傻话。 He often says absurd things. *absurd“荒谬的,毫无道理的”。 He often says ridiculous things. He says strange things a lot. He says a lot of weird things. 他一点儿责任心都没有。 He has no sense of responsibility. He"s so irresponsible. 他真是个让人讨厌的人。 He"s very offensive. *offensive“讨厌的”、“令人不愉快的”、“(人或言行等)令人作呕的”。 他这人很难对付。 He"s a difficult man to deal with. *deal with“处理、对待(人或事)”。 He"s hard to deal with. He"s hard to put up with. (他让人难以忍受。) 他是个倔老头。 He"s a stubborn old man. *stubborn“顽固的”、“倔强的
