美国习惯用语:787 come to one's senses

 　　跟亲戚住在一起有的时候并不容易。我姑姑生病后一直由我来照顾，她整天抱怨这抱怨那，昨天我真急了，差点跟她吵起来。好在我最后came to my senses, 最后还是克制住了。我们今天要学的习惯用语come to one's senses，用在这里就十分贴切。

　　Come to one's senses这个习惯用语是恢复理性，醒悟过来的意思。我姑姑病的症状之一就是浑身疼痛。这自然会影响到她的情绪，我应该体谅她才对。好在我come to my senses, 没有对她发火。

　　下面这个例句里的父亲希望自己的女儿Marie能醒悟过来，come to her senses, 为什么呢？让我们听听他是怎么说的。

　　例句-1：Marie hasn't had much success as a dancer in New York City. Despite her talent, there's too much competition and not enough opportunity. I think she needs to be more realistic about what's she's doing with her life. If you ask me, she should come to her senses.

　　他说，Marie到纽约去做舞蹈演员并不太成功，虽然她很有才华，但无奈竞争太激烈，机会又不多。我觉得她要现实一些，决定自己应该做些什么。我希望她能醒悟过来。

　　不过，我倒是觉得，应该鼓励年轻人去追求自己的梦想，即使他们的梦想有时候并不现实。

　　这跟有些人的执迷不悟不一样。我有个朋友，一心要把房间刷成黑色，房间本来就不大，光线又不好，我真希望he will come to his sense, 否则他一定会后悔。

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　　在美国，买房买车都是大开销，一定要三思而后行，千万不能头脑发热。我们听听下面这对夫妇的经历。

　　例句-2：After our neighbors took us for a ride in their convertible¹, we thought about buying one. But we realized we weren't using very good judgment². There's nothing wrong with the car we have now. So we've come to our senses and decided³ to save our money instead.

　　这位先生说：我们的邻居开着他们的敞篷车带我们去兜风，我们也动心了，想买一辆。但是我们后来意识到，这完全是一时冲动，我们现在的车并没有什么毛病，所以我们顿然醒悟，决定还是把钱存起来。

　　我的同事前一段时间也曾经想买车，他计算了一下养车的开销，要保养、买停车位，还要买保险。That's when he came to his senses. 现在，他需要的时候就上网租车，然后在附近取车，按小时计价，完全可以满足他的要求。

1 convertible   

adj.可改变的，可交换，同意义的；n.有活动摺篷的汽车

参考例句：

• The convertible sofa means that the apartment can sleep four.有了这张折叠沙发，公寓里可以睡下4个人。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了。

2 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。