点滴英语天天学第158期:分手了!(拓展语汇37)
日期:2019-09-11 08:41

(单词翻译:单击)

分手也就意味着恋情的终止,我们今天就继续来学习与“恋情的终止”非常流行的俚语,这些俚语具有很强的表现力来描述我们的情感。

1.语汇:chew someone out

释义:To scold or address one harshly or angrily. (责骂某人,谴责某人)

例句:The boss is totally going to chew us out if he hears that we lost that big client.

如果老板听说我们失去了那个大客户,他一定会严厉斥责我们的。

The director chewed him out for not knowing that the specifications had been changed.

经理因他还不知道规矩改变了而训了他一顿。

I chewed him out,but good - it won't happen again.

我把他狠狠地训斥了一番,不过还好,这样的事不会再发生了。

The boy's father chewed him out for staying up late.

男孩的爸爸因他很晚还不睡觉而责骂他。

2. 语汇:come down hard on someone

释义: To scold someone; to punish someone severely. (严厉斥责某人,严厉惩罚某人,严厉对待某人)

例句:I know I didn't do well on the exam, but I didn't expect my dad to come down so hard on me about it—he grounded me for a month!

我知道我考试考得不好,但是我没想到我爸爸会对我这么严厉——他罚我禁足一个月!

Joe’s parents came down hard on him when they learned he had been suspended from school.

乔的父母得知他被停学后,严厉斥责了他。

The principal came down hard on the boys for breaking the window.

校长严厉责备打破窗子的那些男生。

Why did our head come down hard on you when you were on duty last night?

昨天晚上你值班时,领导为什么严厉斥责你?

我们今天学习了2个非常有表现力的表述法。Hope thatyoucanbearthem in your mind. 这也是雅思考试必备的词汇哦!

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