情景会话口袋书人际篇19:抱怨(2)

 　　9. I waited for a week but they didn't arrive.

　　我等了一星期他们也没来。

　　还能这样说：

　　I kept on waiting for a week without seeing them.

　　They made me waiting for a week, but they didn't come.

　　应用解析：

　　too late a week 未免太晚了，太迟了；

　　week in, week out 一星期又一星期，接连好几个星期；不断地；

　　week and week about 每隔一周

　　10. Time is always against us.

　　时间总跟我们作对。

　　还能这样说：

　　Time set itself against us!

　　Time opposed to us.

　　应用解析：

　　go against 违反，不顺心；

　　be against sth. 违反；无视，不顾；

　　dead against 断然反对；正对着

　　11. What do you want from me?

　　你到底想让我怎样？

　　还能这样说：

　　What are you really asking me to do?

　　How can I on earth do next?

　　谚语：

　　Waste not, want not.

　　不浪费就不缺乏（尤指食物或钱）。

　　12. You should lay low for a while.

　　你真应该保持低调。

　　还能这样说：

　　You should try to keep a low profile¹.

　　You should have little fanfare².

　　谚语：

　　If you bow at all, bow low.

　　既然低下了头，干脆就多低点。

　　13. The chairman didn't permit me to take the floor.

　　主席不给我发言的机会。

　　还能这样说：

　　The chairman didn't give me chance to speak.

　　The chairman didn't allow me to make a statement.

　　应用解析：

　　permit 除了作动词：允许，使可能，许可；

　　还可以作名词：执照，许可证。

　　例如：Have you got a permit to drive?

　　你有驾驶执照吗？

　　14. Hey, you stood me up again!

　　嗨，你又放我鸽子了。

　　还能这样说：

　　Hey, you broke your date with me again.

　　Hey, you blew me off again.

　　应用解析：

　　stand by 袖手旁观；

　　stand for nothing 毫无用处；

　　stand good 依然真实，仍然有效；

　　stand at 犹豫不决，踌躇

　　15. It is a fine day out. And here I am stuck inside the office with the paper.

　　外面天气那么好，我却守在办公室内处理这些文件。

　　还能这样说：

　　It's sunny outside. But I have to deal with my work in the office.

　　It's beautiful day today. But I am staying in the office to handle my paper.

　　应用解析：

　　get stuck in 开始工作；

　　in stuck 陷入困境；

　　out of stuck 摆脱困境；

　　stuck on 被迷住

　　16. I want you to stop hogging³ my desk space. Can you?

　　请不要再占用我的桌子了，行吗？

　　还能这样说：

　　My desk is always occupied by you. Please don't do that again, all right?

　　Could you keep my desk unoccupied?

　　应用解析：

　　for a space 暂时；短时间；一段时间；

　　for the space of a mile 一英里的距离；

　　from space to space 每隔一定的距离

　　17. Doing this mindless work every day is going to make me crazy.

　　每天都做这种不用动脑筋的工作，会使我发疯的。

　　还能这样说：

　　It will drive me mad to do the work like a machine each day.

　　I can't stand doing the automatic⁴ and impersonal⁵ job every day.

　　应用解析：

　　be crazy for 渴望，痴想；

　　be crazy with (pain) （痛苦）得发狂；

　　crazy as a bedbug 发疯的；荒唐的

1 profile   

n.侧面，轮廓，人物素描；概要，人物简介；v.描绘...轮廓，评论人物

参考例句：

• I turned my head and saw the profile of a man.我转过头，看见一个人的侧影。
• He drew her profile.他给她画侧面像。

2 fanfare   

n.喇叭；号角之声；v.热闹地宣布

参考例句：

• The product was launched amid much fanfare worldwide.这个产品在世界各地隆重推出。
• A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King.嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。

3 hogging   

n.弯[翘]曲，挠度，扭曲；拱曲

参考例句：

• At first glance, the spotlight-hogging boss seems the villain. 乍一看，好抢镜头的上司似乎是个反面人物。 来自辞典例句
• This guy has been 5 hogging the bathroom for 25 minutes! 那家伙霸占着洗手间25分钟了！ 来自互联网

4 automatic   

adj.自动的；不经思考的，习惯性的；当然的

参考例句：

• Breathing is an automatic function of the body.呼吸是身体的一种无意识的功能。
• Modern trains have automatic doors.现代火车装有自动门。

5 impersonal   

adj.无个人感情的，与个人无关的，非人称的

参考例句：

• Even his children found him strangely distant and impersonal.他的孩子们也认为他跟其他人很疏远，没有人情味。
• His manner seemed rather stiff and impersonal.他的态度似乎很生硬冷淡。