迷你对话学地道口语第69期:插嘴

　　迷你对话：
A:Why are you so rude to your wife?
你为什么对你的妻子这么无礼粗鲁。
B:I didn't like her butting² in where I didn't want her. She's a chatter³ box.
我不喜欢他干涉我的事情，她老是唠唠叨叨的讲个不停。
A:But she means to help you, not to trouble you.
但她是想帮你的，而不是给你添乱的。
B:I know. But I just can't stand her butting in when I was trying to emphasize a point.
我知道，我就是不能容忍我要强调要点的时候她插嘴。
地道表达：
butt¹ in
小编讲解：
butt做动词，意思是“猛撞”所以butt in就是向......猛撞。另外，butt in还可以引申为“插嘴”“插手”或“干涉”之意。
支持范例：
Eg.Don't butt in on other people's private affairs.
不要干涉别人的私事。
Eg.His boy's looking after him and there's no cause for you to utt in!
有他的佣人照顾他，用不着你插一脚！
Eg.It' s none of your business, so please don' t butt in.
此事与你无关，请勿介入。
Eg.Sorry to butt in, but do I hear you say you'll get married next month?
对不起打断一下，我听说你下个月要结婚了?
词海拾贝：
1.a chatterbox：喋喋不休的人，说话说个不停的人，唠唠叨叨的人
Eg.That chatterbox will talk 24 hours a day if she do not sleep at night.
那个话匣子如果晚上不用睡觉的话,可以二十四小时喋喋不休。
Eg.You will be a real chatterbox this week.
你本周会喋喋不休的唠叨。
2.emphasize a point：强调重点
3.be rude to sb：对某人粗鲁
4.stand sb：忍受某人

1 butt   

n.笑柄；烟蒂；枪托；臀部；v.用头撞或顶

参考例句：

• The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
• He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。

2 butting   

用头撞人（犯规动作）

参考例句：

• When they were talking Mary kept butting in. 当他们在谈话时，玛丽老是插嘴。
• A couple of goats are butting each other. 两只山羊在用角互相顶撞。

3 chatter   

vi.／n.喋喋不休；短促尖叫；(牙齿)打战

参考例句：

• Her continuous chatter vexes me.她的喋喋不休使我烦透了。
• I've had enough of their continual chatter.我已厌烦了他们喋喋不休的闲谈。