每日一句口语 401（在线收听）

今天的每日一句是：

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.

痛苦的秘密在于有闲功夫担心自己是否幸福。

Notes:

1.miserable

adj. 悲惨的；令人痛苦的；太少的；卑鄙的

常见搭配：

a miserable cold

重感冒

a miserable failure

可悲的失败

a miserable house

简陋的房屋

a miserable performance

糟糕的演出

2.leisure

n. 空闲时间；闲暇；悠闲；安逸

adj. 空闲的；闲暇的

常见搭配：

at leisure

有空, 闲着无事；从从容容地

at one's leisure

当其空闲的时候; 方便时

attend [tarry, stay]upon sb.'s leisure

[古]等到某人有闲空时

wait sb.'s leisure

等待某人有空时

3.bother (oneself) about (=bother one's head about)

为...而操心; 为...而费事

eg.

You needn't bother about coming up, I'll look after him.

你不用来了，我会照料他。