每天三分钟学英语 第236期:英文"叽叽歪歪"怎么说

 　　情景对话：

　　-Okay. Honey, what do you want me to do, sit around the hotel the whole time watching cable?

　　-No. But when I say, "we've been invited to a party," don't whine¹ about your exhausting 60-hour week.

　　-Put on your dancin' shoes and take the mother of your children out for a good time.

　　知识点：

　　Sit around

　　坐着（什么也不干）

　　【例句一】

　　I don't just want to sit around. Come on, let's go do something fun.

　　我不想整天坐着，来吧，我们做点有意思的事。

　　【例句二】

　　My roommate doesn't go to class. He just sits around all day playing computer games.

　　我室友不去上课。他就整天坐着玩电脑游戏。

　　Whine

　　叽叽歪歪，抱怨…

　　always whine about something

　　总喜欢叽叽歪歪

　　【例句一】

　　Will you stop whining² about losing? I beat you fair and square.

　　你能别为输了叽歪了吗？我可是赢得光明正大。

　　【例句二】

　　I hate having to talk to Larry. All he does is whine about how bad his life is.

　　我真不喜欢和Larry聊天。他唯一说的就是他生活得有多糟糕。

　　Take someone out for a good time

　　带某人出去玩

　　【例句一】

　　How about this weekend, I take you out for a good time? You've been working too much lately.

　　这周末我带你出去玩怎么样？你最近工作太辛苦了。

　　【例句二】

　　When was the last time you took your girlfriend out for a good time? You need to make her happy.

　　你上一次带你女朋友出去玩是什么时候了？你应该让她开心才对啊。

1 whine   

v.哀号，号哭；n.哀鸣

参考例句：

• You are getting paid to think,not to whine.支付给你工资是让你思考而不是哀怨的。
• The bullet hit a rock and rocketed with a sharp whine.子弹打在一块岩石上，一声尖厉的呼啸，跳飞开去。

2 whining   

n. 抱怨，牢骚 v. 哭诉，发牢骚

参考例句：

• That's the way with you whining, puny, pitiful players. 你们这种又爱哭、又软弱、又可怜的赌棍就是这样。
• The dog sat outside the door whining (to be let in). 那条狗坐在门外狺狺叫着（要进来）。