迷你對(duì)話:
A:My son is alway complaining that Idump onhim. He was very rude and told me to mind my own business. I cannot put up with that.
我的兒子總是抱怨我對(duì)他太挑剔了,他很不客氣,讓我管好自己就行了,我真是受不了。
B:What does his dad say?
他爸爸怎么說(shuō)的?
A:John is a peacemaker. He simply doesn’t bother. He says he should give him a free hand.
John是個(gè)老好人,根本就不管。他說(shuō)給兒子自由的空間。
地道表達(dá):
dump on: 對(duì)......吹毛求疵
支持范例:
Eg. It would be wise not to dump on anything.
不吹毛求疵或批評(píng)將是明智的。
Eg. It would be silly to dump on a gift.
對(duì)禮物吹毛求疵是愚蠢的。
Eg. At the bottom of her heart she despised the other people, who dumped on trifles.
她在心底里蔑視其他人,他們專(zhuān)在小事上吹毛求疵,小題大作。
Eg. As soon as I presented my argument,he began to dump on it.
我一提出我的論據(jù),他就開(kāi)始吹毛求疵了。
Eg. We ought not to begin by dumping on everything.
我們不應(yīng)當(dāng)一開(kāi)始就對(duì)一切事情采取吹毛求疵的態(tài)度。
詞海拾貝:
1.mind one’s own business:做自己的本分事情
Eg. He was sensible enough to mind his own business.
他很聰明,不管別人閑事。
Eg. He asked me if I was married, so I told him to mind his own business.
他問(wèn)我結(jié)婚了沒(méi)有,我叫他少管閑事。
Eg. As he was always interfering, I told him to mind his own business.
因他常來(lái)干涉,我叫他少管閑事。
Eg. Why can't you mind your own business, and let me mind mine?
你干嘛不去管你自己的事,偏要來(lái)管我的事呢?
2.put up with:忍耐,忍受
Eg. I can' t put up with your hypocrisy any more.
我再也不能容忍你的虛偽態(tài)度了。
Eg. He said he could not put up with such internal sabotage any longer.
他說(shuō),他再也不能忍受這種從內(nèi)部來(lái)的陰謀活動(dòng)了。
Eg. You would need to be a saint to put up with her children.
只有圣人才能容忍她的那幾個(gè)孩子。
Eg.Your boss is an absolute dictator and I don't know how you guys put up with it.
你們的老板是一個(gè)十足的大獨(dú)裁者,我不知道你們這些人怎能容忍。
3.give sb a free hand:給予某人自由發(fā)揮的空間
Eg. Mr. Lodge will give Miss King a free hand in preparing the dance.
洛奇先生將讓金小姐以全權(quán)籌備舞會(huì)。
Eg. He was inclined to give them a free hand.
他傾向于放手讓他們干。
Eg. How about give him a free hand and see how it will turn out?
這樣好不好放手讓他去干,然后看看結(jié)果如何。
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