迷你对话学地道口语第661期:插嘴

 　　Subject：It is not polite to butt¹ in when other people offer advice.

　　迷你对话

　　A: This morning, you always interrupt me in the conference. Do you know it is not polite to butt in when other people offer advice?

　　今天早上开会时你总是打断我，你不知道别人讲话时你插嘴是不礼貌的吗？

　　B: I am really sorry. I wan² just too excited.

　　真的很抱歉。我只是太激动了。

　　地道表达

　　butt in

　　1. 解词释义

　　Butt in的意思是“插手，干涉，闯入”，相当于intervene。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. He was going to butt in when his mother darted³ a look of disapproval⁴ at him.

　　他刚要插嘴，妈妈瞥了他一眼。

　　e.g. Why do you butt in when grown people are talking?

　　大人说话你插什么嘴？

　　e.g. His boy's looking after him and there's no cause for you to butt in!

　　有他的佣人照顾他,用不着你插一脚!

　　e.g. It's none of your business, so please don't butt in.

　　此事与你无关, 请勿介入。

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 wan   

(wide area network)广域网

参考例句：

• The shared connection can be an Ethernet,wireless LAN,or wireless WAN connection.提供共享的网络连接可以是以太网、无线局域网或无线广域网。

3 darted   

v.投掷，投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 )；向前冲，飞奔

参考例句：

• The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了，瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 disapproval   

n.反对，不赞成

参考例句：

• The teacher made an outward show of disapproval.老师表面上表示不同意。
• They shouted their disapproval.他们喊叫表示反对。