迷你对话学地道口语第387期:不可救药的人,难对付的人

　　迷你对话
A: I don’t know how to deal with Jack¹. He is indeed a trouble maker². He has louse up my business several times.
我不知道怎么对付杰克，他是在是个捣蛋鬼，好几次把我的事情弄成一团糟。
B: You mean Lily’s boyfriend?
你是说莉莉的男友？
A: Yeah.
是的。
B: Well, he isa hard case. Everyone would feel headache about him.
哦，他是个难对付的人，每个人都对他感到头疼。
对话精讲
第一、地道表达
核心短语】a hard case
解词释义】a hard case有“难题”的意思，也有“难对付的人”或“不可救药的人”。其英文解释为：an abandoned or incorrigible³ person。
典型范例1】He was a fellow clerk of mine, and a hard case.
他是我的同事，一个不可救药的人。
典型范例2】 Guy has turned into a hard case since he's been in prison.
盖伊自从进了监狱后，已变成一个实在不可救药的人了。
第二、词海拾贝
1. deal with：处理，对付
典型范例1】How do you deal with persistent⁴ salesmen who won't take no for an answer?
你怎么对付那些不轻言放弃、一直纠缠下去的推销员？
典型范例2】He won't be able to deal with the situation; he's too ineffectual.
他无法应付局面，他太无能了。
典型范例3】The lifeguards must be trained to deal with any sort of emergency.
救生员一定要接受训练学会应付各种紧急情况。
典型范例4】Be careful. She is very difficult to deal with.
可得当心，她很难对付。
2. a trouble maker：制造麻烦者
典型范例1】He is a trouble maker . You must be distant with him.
他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
典型范例2】It's inappropriate to say he is a trouble - maker.
说他是个闹事者是不妥当的.
典型范例3】He is not a trouble man, but a trouble maker.
他不是一个故障检修员，而是一个麻烦制造者。
典型范例4】He was branded as a trouble - maker for taking part in the demonstration⁵.
他因参加了示威游行而被指责为捣乱分子。
3. louse up：把事情弄糟，毁坏
典型范例1】You've really loused things up this time.
这回你可真把事情搞糟了。
典型范例2】He loused up my plan.
他把我的计划弄糟了。
4. feel headache about：对......感到头疼，对......很难对付
典型范例1】I feel headache about my naughty kids.
我对我的小孩头疼死了。
典型范例2】I feel headache about maths.
说到数学，我就头疼。

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

3 incorrigible   

adj.难以纠正的，屡教不改的

参考例句：

• Because he was an incorrigible criminal,he was sentenced to life imprisonment.他是一个死不悔改的罪犯，因此被判终生监禁。
• Gamblers are incorrigible optimists.嗜赌的人是死不悔改的乐天派。

4 persistent   

adj.坚持不懈的，执意的；持续的

参考例句：

• Albert had a persistent headache that lasted for three days.艾伯特连续头痛了三天。
• She felt embarrassed by his persistent attentions.他不时地向她大献殷勤，使她很难为情。

5 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。