他自视甚高

SCENE② B  吉娜与戴夫在各自的隔间里工作

【他自视甚高】

 

Zina:           Do you think what I did to Elvin was ¹⁾ out of line?

吉娜：         你觉得我对艾文太过火了吗？

 

Dave:  You could have tried to explain to him about the new programmers.

戴夫：         你本可以试着跟他解释，会有新的程序设计师进来。

 

Zina:  Elvin doesn't want any programming help. He wants all the ²⁾ glory for himself.

吉娜：         艾文才不想要有人来帮忙写程序。他想功劳一手抓。

 

Dave:  You might be right. He does ³⁾ think pretty highly¹ of himself.

戴夫：         你或许没说错。他自视甚高。

 

Zina:  Did you hear the names he was calling me?

吉娜：         你听到他怎么骂我吗？

 

Dave:          I heard. But did you have to tear out his nose ring?

戴夫：         我听到了。但你有必要扯掉他的鼻环吗？

 

语言详解

 

A: Can you explain your relationship to John?

   你能解释你跟约翰的关系吗？

 

B: No. It's too complicated².

   不能。 这太复杂了。

 

【could have tried 本可以试着】

 

“could＋现在完成式”的句型用于说明先前的某一动作有改进的余地，有时表示含蓄的不满或指责。例如：

 

You could have finished it earlier.

你本该早一点把这事做完。

She could have done better.

她做得不够好。

 

A: I could have arrived much earlier. But I was caught in the traffic.

     我原可以早早就到了。但是我受阻于路上交通拥塞。

B: That I can understand. But you could have called us and let us know.

     这一点我可以了解。但是你本可以打个电话通知我们。

 

1)  be out of line  过分的

2)  glory (n.)  荣耀

3) think highly of...  对……评价很高。若后接反身代名词，则是指“自视甚高”。

1 highly   

adv.高度地，极，非常；非常赞许地

参考例句：

• It is highly important to provide for the future.预先做好准备非常重要。
• The teacher speaks very highly of the boy's behaviour.老师称赞这个男孩的表现。

2 complicated   

adj.错综复杂的，麻烦的，结构复杂的

参考例句：

• The poem is so complicated that I cannot make out its meaning.这首诗太复杂，我理解不了它的意思。
• This is the most complicated case I have ever handled.这是我所处理过的最为复杂的案子。