“哭”的十种表达法

 　　Mary almost cried her eyes out.

　　玛丽痛哭地不行。

　　Cry one’s eyes out 是痛哭的意思。同样能表达这个意思的词组还有：cry one’s heart out。

　　2. I sat down, and cried most vehemently².

　　我坐下来，非常激动地哭起来。

　　Vehement¹ 是激烈、猛烈的意思，常用来形容情感。

　　3. I broke out crying and sobbing⁴.

　　我不由得呜呜咽咽地哭起来。

　　Sob³ 是呜咽、抽泣的意思，还可以表示一边哭一边说。

　　4. He took his way through the great wood, weeping sorely.

　　他伤心地哭着穿过大树林。

　　Weep 的意思是，通过流泪表达出悲伤，哀痛。Sorely 表示程度，意思同painfully和 grievously

　　5. The little girl wept herself to sleep.

　　小女孩哭着哭着入睡了。

　　Wept 是weep的过去式和过去分词。Weep to sleep这里是指哭着睡着了。

　　6. The little boy, still in tears, sniffed⁵ monotonously⁶.

　　那个男孩还在哭，发出单调的抽泣声。

　　In tears 也是常用的一种表示流泪的词组的说法。Sniff我们一般是用作“嗅”或者“不屑，嗤之以鼻”的意思，它也可以表示吸气，哭的时候常常会一抽一抽的吸气。

　　7. She burst into tears as she spoke⁷.

　　她说着说着突然哭起来。

　　Burst into 是指突然进入某种状态。这里是指突然哭起来。其他常用的搭配还有burst into flame突然着火， burst into laughter突然大笑。

　　8. She cried with grief when she heard news of her friend's death.

　　听到朋友死亡的消息，她难过地哭了

　　Cry with grief就等于cry grievously。

　　9. They were on the verge⁸ of tears at parting.

　　他们分手时几乎要哭出来了。

　　On the verge of意思为差一点就怎么怎么样了。后也可以加动名词形式。

　　10. The movie almost reduced me to tears.

　　那部电影让我伤心得几乎流下泪水。

　　Reduce to我们知道一般的用法是减少的意思。如果是reduce to tear则指伤心得流泪。

1 vehement   

adj.感情强烈的；热烈的；(人)有强烈感情的

参考例句：

• She made a vehement attack on the government's policies.她强烈谴责政府的政策。
• His proposal met with vehement opposition.他的倡导遭到了激烈的反对。

2 vehemently   

adv. 热烈地

参考例句：

• He argued with his wife so vehemently that he talked himself hoarse. 他和妻子争论得很激烈，以致讲话的声音都嘶哑了。
• Both women vehemently deny the charges against them. 两名妇女都激烈地否认了对她们的指控。

3 sob   

n.空间轨道的轰炸机；呜咽，哭泣

参考例句：

• The child started to sob when he couldn't find his mother.孩子因找不到他妈妈哭了起来。
• The girl didn't answer,but continued to sob with her head on the table.那个女孩不回答，也不抬起头来。她只顾低声哭着。

4 sobbing   

<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的

参考例句：

• I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。
• Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因刚哭过而发红。

5 sniffed   

v.以鼻吸气，嗅，闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 )；抽鼻子（尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气）；抱怨，不以为然地说

参考例句：

• When Jenney had stopped crying she sniffed and dried her eyes. 珍妮停止了哭泣，吸了吸鼻子，擦干了眼泪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The dog sniffed suspiciously at the stranger. 狗疑惑地嗅着那个陌生人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 monotonously   

adv.单调地，无变化地

参考例句：

• The lecturer phrased monotonously. 这位讲师用词单调。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The maid, still in tears, sniffed monotonously. 侍女还在哭，发出单调的抽泣声。 来自辞典例句

7 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

8 verge   

n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。