美國(guó)習(xí)慣用語(yǔ):770 make no bones about

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今天我們要講的美國(guó)習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)是：make no bones about. Bone是骨頭的意思。Make no bones about就是不管是否會(huì)得罪別人，或是讓別人感到尷尬，都直言不諱的意思。不過(guò)要記住，這里用的是復(fù)數(shù)bones. 我嫂子就是那種有什么說(shuō)什么的人。

上星期天我們?nèi)ゲ宛^吃牛排，服務(wù)員問(wèn)我們是否可口，結(jié)果她毫不客氣地說(shuō)牛排烤過(guò)了頭。She made no bones about complaining how overcooked her steak was. 我就說(shuō)她，你總得給別人留點(diǎn)兒面子吧。不過(guò)，有時(shí)候，直言不諱也是很必要的。讓我們聽(tīng)聽(tīng)下面這個(gè)病人去看醫(yī)生的情況。

例句-1： After a complete exam, the doctor gave me her candid advice. She made no bones about the fact that I was working myself to exhaustion. Unless I started taking better care of myself, she said, I was going to have even more serious health problems.

他說(shuō)：醫(yī)生給我做了全面檢查后，坦率地告訴我，工作不能太累。她還說(shuō)，除非我從現(xiàn)在開(kāi)始好好照顧自己，否則的話，我的身體狀況還會(huì)進(jìn)一步惡化。

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你有沒(méi)有睡不著覺(jué)或是全是乏力的時(shí)候呢?專家說(shuō)啊，日新月異的科技發(fā)展給很多現(xiàn)代人的健康帶來(lái)了負(fù)面影響。我覺(jué)得疲憊的時(shí)候，喜歡聽(tīng)聽(tīng)音樂(lè)，或是去做一下按摩。有時(shí)晚上我還會(huì)關(guān)上電視，拔掉電話，如果有人抱怨說(shuō)找不到我，我會(huì)直言不諱地告訴他們，我需要一點(diǎn)自己的空間。I make no bones about telling them that I need some time to myself.

除了工作，有時(shí)家庭也會(huì)給我們帶來(lái)壓力。下面這個(gè)男孩兒的父親對(duì)他有很高的期望，讓我們聽(tīng)聽(tīng)他是怎么說(shuō)的。

例句-2： Ever since I was a boy, my dad has made no bones about wanting me to be a doctor. But now it's time that I was as honest and open with him because I don't have any interest in medicine. I want to study environmental law.

這個(gè)男孩兒說(shuō)：從我小時(shí)候起，爸爸就一直明確要求我長(zhǎng)大了當(dāng)醫(yī)生。但是現(xiàn)在，我需要跟他開(kāi)誠(chéng)布公了，因?yàn)槲覍?duì)學(xué)醫(yī)一點(diǎn)兒興趣也沒(méi)有;我想學(xué)的是環(huán)境法。

這種情況恐怕對(duì)很多人都不陌生。做子女的自然想讓父母開(kāi)心，但是在選擇職業(yè)時(shí)，他們又不愿意去干自己不喜歡的事。