Danielle: I'm telling you, dad didn't come home last night. They had a fight, a bad one.

我跟你说哈，爸爸昨晚没回来。他们吵架了，吵得很厉害。

Andrew: How bad?

多厉害啊？

Danielle: Like divorce court bad.

离婚法庭那么厉害。

今日知识点：

Someone didn't come home last night. 某人昨晚某人没回家。

英文“吵架”怎么说：

Have a fight

例句一：

I had a fight with my husband. He didn't come home last night.

我昨天跟我丈夫吵架了，他昨晚没回来。

例句二：

A: Why isn't Naomi with you?

Naomi为什么没跟你在一起啊？

B: We had a fight so she didn't want to come out with me.

我们吵了一架，所以她不想跟我出来。

Have a fight 这个“吵架”一般不是指“动手打架”，如果想说动手这种：

① He got punched by his coworker.

他被他同事揍了一拳。

② His wife beat him last night.

昨晚他老婆把他揍了。

They had a fight, a bad one.

刻意把a bad one放在最后，这样是为了表示强调，在口语中很常见。

一些类似的表达：

① He bought a car – an expensive one.

他买了辆车，一辆很贵的。

② He got a girlfriend – a pretty one.

他找了个女朋友--很漂亮。

③ I'm gonna get a raise – a big one.

我要加薪了，还会加很多哦。

-How bad?

-Like divorce court bad.

Like…bad.

就像…那么糟。

这里bad前边不仅可以加副词，还可以加名词和形容词。比如：

① Like bad bad.

真的很糟。

② Like divorce court bad.

就像离婚法庭那么糟。

③ Like they're gonna break up bad.

就像要分手了那么糟糕。

④ Like he's gonna get fired bad.

就像他要被炒掉了那么糟糕。

我们不仅可以问how bad，回答like…bad，还能用这个句式替换成其他形容词。

例句一：形容一辆车价格贵

A: How expensive?

多贵？

B: Like you can't afford it expensive.

反正你买不起。

例句二：形容一个人刻薄

A: How mean?

多刻薄？

B: Like rip your face off mean.

就像把你的脸抓下来一样刻薄。

例句三：形容一个东西长相丑

A: How ugly?

多丑？

B: Like make you puke ugly.

能让你吐这么丑。

例句四：形容意见东西破旧

A: How trashy?

多破？

B: Like dumpster trashy.

就好像垃圾桶一样破。

- How stupid?

- Like melt your brain stupid.