點滴英語天天學第23期:Tim想套磁沒成功(短語詳解3)

各位親愛的聽衆朋友，歡迎來到Juliet的《原味美語》課堂。Juliet將帶您體驗美國哈弗，美國紐約大學的口語課堂內容。Let's go! 今天，我們首先還是來回顧一下Tim和Jack的竊竊私語：

Jack: Hey! That girl over there is checking you out! Why don't you go say hello?

Tim: The last time I said hello to a girl in a place like this, she thought I was coming on to her and blew me off before I had a chance to introduce myself.

Tim說到的blew me off是什麼意思呢？今天，我們就來學習這個“原味美語”表述：blow somebody off，blew是動詞blow的過去式。

Blow sb. off有很多意思。在這裏，Tim表達的意思是：to neglect or ignore someone，譯爲：不理睬某人，忽視忽略某人。例如：

I walked up to that girl to say hello but she blew me off. （我走到那個女孩身邊打招呼，可是她卻不理我。）

Blow somebody off除了“不理睬”的意思之外，還可以表示“to end a romantic relationship with somebody”，譯爲：結束與某人的戀愛關係。例如：

I thought she loved me, but he blew me off for Barbara. （我以爲他喜歡我，可以他喜歡Barbara，而拒絕了我。）

PS：要表示“結束和某人的戀愛關係而和另外一人有戀愛關係”，在短語的後面用介詞for，即：blow sb. off for...

Blow sb. off 還可以表示“to deliberately not meet sb. when you said you would ”，譯爲：（故意）失約。例如：

I had a date with Jenny this evening, however, I waited two hours in the cafe and she just blew me off. （我今晚和Jenny約會，但是我在咖啡廳裏等了2個小時，她還是沒來。）

In addition，Juliet提醒大家blow sb. off作爲“忽略忽視某人，不理睬某人”的意思時是非書面正式用語，那麼用標準英語如何說這句話：She thought I was coming on to her and blew me off before I had a chance to introduce myself. 我們可以用ignore來進行替換，即：She thought I was coming on to her and ignore me before I had a chance to introduce myself.

All right，大家現在知道Tim爲何不願意去和那位女生打招呼的原因了嗎？I think the reason is：Tim經歷過挫折不想再遭受被女孩拒絕的心理上的傷痛，因爲他曾經主動去和以爲女生打招呼，可是卻被女生想歪了，想到他要吃她的豆腐，這可不是君子乾的事情。

By the way, Juliet would like to share my thoughts with all of you. In face, 我們在愛情上或多或少都會遭受到挫折而受傷，受傷太深會導致我們會不願意再去start a new romantic relationship來進行自我保護。但是，我們還是要盡力走出這樣的心理障礙，去到達幸福的生活彼岸！

我們今天的學習就到此結束，明天我們繼續新的話題。Bye for now!