迷你对话学地道口语第880期:突然地

 　　第一， 迷你对话

　　A: She looks better recently.

　　她最近气色好多了。

　　B: It’s because she stopped smoking cold turkey.

　　那是因为她突然戒烟了。

　　A: Really? It’s not easy.

　　真的吗？那可不容易。

　　第二， 地道表达

　　cold turkey

　　1. 解词释义

　　Cold turkey是指吸毒成瘾者突然完全戒除毒瘾，引申为“突然（戒掉坏习惯，改掉坏毛病）”的意思。

　　2. 拓展范例

　　e.g. The quickest way to get her off the drug was to let her go cold turkey.

　　要使她摆脱毒品，最快的方法是让她彻底戒毒。

　　e.g. She gave up her drinking habit cold turkey and had no ill effects.

　　她突然戒酒了，而且身体上没有什么不好的反应。

　　第三， 视野拓展

　　相关短语：talk cold turkey：直截了当地，直言不讳地

　　e.g. Andy dare not talk cold turkey to Mr. Brown that she would like to break up with him.

　　安迪不敢直截了当地对布朗先生说她要和他分手。

　　e.g. He talked cold turkey to us that he had been put in prison three years ago.

　　他直言不讳地跟我们说他三年前蹲过监狱。

　　e.g. The millionaire talked cold turkey to his extravagant¹ nephew, hinting² that he might be disinherited.

　　那百万富翁对他挥霍无度的侄儿晓以利害，并暗示其继承权可能被剥夺。

1 extravagant   

adj.奢侈的；过分的；(言行等)放肆的

参考例句：

• They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
• He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。

2 hinting   

vt.暗示（hint的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• I can't figure out what he was hinting at. 我想不出他在暗示什么。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I pouted my lips at him, hinting that he should speak first. 我向他努了努嘴，让他先说。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》