迷你对话学地道口语第657期:打搅,使......不方便

 　　Subject：I don’t want to put you out.

　　迷你对话

　　A: Don’t worry. I will try my best to persuade the manager not to fire you.

　　别担心，我会尽力劝说经理不要开除你。

　　B: Please don’t go to so much trouble. I don’t want to put you out.

　　请不要那费那么多功夫，我不想给你添麻烦。

　　地道表达

　　put sb. out

　　1. 解词释义

　　Put out在这里的意思是“打搅，使......不方便，麻烦某人”。它还有其他的意思：激怒，使忧虑，使困扰。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. He was plainly very put out at finding¹ her there.

　　发现她在那里他明显很不安。

　　e.g. I did not blame him for feeling put out.

　　我没有因为心烦而责备他。

　　e.g. I am sorry that I have put you out.

　　对不起打搅您了。

　　Ps ：go to trouble的意思是“麻烦，费力”。例如：

　　John told Mr. Brown not to go to trouble of driving him home.

　　约翰告诉布朗先生不必麻烦开车送他回家。

　　Please don't go to so much trouble about me, or I'll feel I'm being treated as a stranger.

　　你对我这样客气，倒有点见外了。

　　Okay, but don't go to a lot of trouble on my account².

　　好的。不过别为我太麻烦。

　　You must really like Joey to go to all that trouble.

　　你一定很喜欢乔伊,才为他惹了这么多麻烦.

1 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

2 account   

n.叙述；帐目；帐户

参考例句：

• She left out an important item in her account.她的账目漏掉了一个重要的项目。
• He has made several withdrawals from his bank account.他从银行账户上提了几次款。