情景會(huì)話口袋書(shū)人際篇第20期:抱怨(2)

　　9. I waited for a week but they didn't arrive.
　　我等了一星期他們也沒(méi)來(lái)。
　　還能這樣說(shuō)：
　　I kept on waiting for a week without seeing them.
　　They made me waiting for a week, but they didn't come.
　　應(yīng)用解析：
　　too late a week 未免太晚了，太遲了;
　　week in, week out 一星期又一星期，接連好幾個(gè)星期;不斷地;
　　week and week about 每隔一周
　　10. Time is always against us.
　　時(shí)間總跟我們作對(duì)。
　　還能這樣說(shuō)：
　　Time set itself against us!
　　Time opposed to us.
　　應(yīng)用解析：
　　go against 違反，不順心;
　　be against sth. 違反;無(wú)視，不顧;
　　dead against 斷然反對(duì);正對(duì)著
　　11. What do you want from me?
　　你到底想讓我怎樣?
　　還能這樣說(shuō)：
　　What are you really asking me to do?
　　How can I on earth do next?
　　諺語(yǔ)：
　　Waste not, want not.
　　不浪費(fèi)就不缺乏(尤指食物或錢)。
　　12. You should lay low for a while.
　　你真應(yīng)該保持低調(diào)。
　　還能這樣說(shuō)：
　　You should try to keep a low profile.
　　You should have little fanfare.
　　諺語(yǔ)：
　　If you bow at all, bow low.
　　既然低下了頭，干脆就多低點(diǎn)。
　　13. The chairman didn't permit me to take the floor.
　　主席不給我發(fā)言的機(jī)會(huì)。
　　還能這樣說(shuō)：
　　The chairman didn't give me chance to speak.
　　The chairman didn't allow me to make a statement.
　　應(yīng)用解析：
　　permit 除了作動(dòng)詞：允許，使可能，許可;
　　還可以作名詞：執(zhí)照，許可證。
　　例如：Have you got a permit to drive?
　　你有駕駛執(zhí)照嗎?
　　14. Hey, you stood me up again!
　　嗨，你又放我鴿子了。
　　還能這樣說(shuō)：
　　Hey, you broke your date with me again.
　　Hey, you blew me off again.
　　應(yīng)用解析：
　　stand by 袖手旁觀;
　　stand for nothing 毫無(wú)用處;
　　stand good 依然真實(shí)，仍然有效;
　　stand at 猶豫不決，躊躇
　　15. It is a fine day out. And here I am stuck inside the office with the paper.
　　外面天氣那么好，我卻守在辦公室內(nèi)處理這些文件。
　　還能這樣說(shuō)：
　　It's sunny outside. But I have to deal with my work in the office.
　　It's beautiful day today. But I am staying in the office to handle my paper.
　　應(yīng)用解析：
　　get stuck in 開(kāi)始工作;
　　in stuck 陷入困境;
　　out of stuck 擺脫困境;
　　stuck on 被迷住
　　16. I want you to stop hogging my desk space. Can you?
　　請(qǐng)不要再占用我的桌子了，行嗎?
　　還能這樣說(shuō)：
　　My desk is always occupied by you. Please don't do that again, all right?
　　Could you keep my desk unoccupied?
　　應(yīng)用解析：
　　for a space 暫時(shí);短時(shí)間;一段時(shí)間;
　　for the space of a mile 一英里的距離;
　　from space to space 每隔一定的距離
　　17. Doing this mindless work every day is going to make me crazy.
　　每天都做這種不用動(dòng)腦筋的工作，會(huì)使我發(fā)瘋的。
　　還能這樣說(shuō)：
　　It will drive me mad to do the work like a machine each day.
　　I can't stand doing the automatic and impersonal job every day.
　　應(yīng)用解析：
　　be crazy for 渴望，癡想;
　　be crazy with (pain) (痛苦)得發(fā)狂;
　　crazy as a bedbug 發(fā)瘋的;荒唐的