A: Where is our son, dear?

親愛的，我們的兒子在哪兒？

B: He is in his bedroom. He has been in a bad mood after school.

他在他自己的房間里，放學(xué)后他就一直心情不好。

A: What happened? Have you talked with him?

出什么事情了？你和他談過沒有？

B: Yeah. He told me that he has passed over in the election of monitor.

我問過他了，她說他沒有當(dāng)上班長。

地道表達：

pass over

釋義1：If someone is passed over for a job or position, they do not get the job or position and someone younger or less experienced is chosen instead.指（任命或晉升時）跳過，不考慮。

支持范例：

She claimed she was repeatedly passed over for promotion.

她聲稱在晉升時自己被一次又一次地排除在外。

They've been rejected, disappointed, ignored, passed over.

他們遭到拒絕，滿心失望，備受冷落，無人理會。

釋義2： If you pass over a topic in a conversation or speech, you do not talk about it. 指（在談話或演講中）不提及，忽略，跳過。

支持范例：

He largely passed over the government's record.

他基本沒有提及政府政績。

They seem to think her crimes should be passed over in silence.

他們似乎認為應(yīng)該對她的罪行保持沉默。

詞海拾貝：

1 in a bad mood：心情不好

范例：Watch your step today ; the boss is in a bad mood.

今天你小心點，老板情緒不好。

He was in a bad mood after his son had committed suicide.

他因兒子自殺而心情不好。

He's in a bad mood, so I'll make myself scarce.

他情緒不好, 我得躲著點。

The cancellation of the plan puts him in a bad mood.

計劃的取消使他很不開心。

2 in the election：在競選中

范例：He beat his opponent in the election.

他在選舉中擊敗了對手。

He wanted to be governor, but in the election he missed by a mile.

他想當(dāng)州長, 但在選舉中慘敗。

The news that he has been defeated in the election is not true.

他落選的消息不真實。

He was nosed out in the election by a younger man.

他在選舉中以些許之差敗給了一個較年輕的人。

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