迷你對話學地道口語第944期:冷落,蔑視

第一， 迷你對話

A: I broke with Jim.

我和吉姆決裂了。

B: How come? He seemed to be head over heels in love with you. And you told me that he was a good guy.

怎麼會呢？他好像深愛着你，你也告訴我他是個好男孩。

A: He was a good guy by the time we met. But soon we were at loggerheads.

我們剛認識的時候還可以，可是不久我們就有分歧了。

B: So you give him a cold shoulder now?

所以你現在把他踹了？

A: He gives me a cold shoulder. He still remembers what I said.

是他不要我的，他一直記着我說的話。

第二， 地道表達

give somebody a cold shoulder

1. 解詞釋義

Give sb. a cold shoulder的意思是“輕視，冷淡某人”的意思。

2. 拓展範例

e.g. The company gave her a cold shoulder by lightening his workload considerably.

公司大大減輕她的工作量，讓她坐冷板凳。

e.g. When Wang Ping asked Zhang Ying for a date, she gave him the cold shoulder.

王平請張英跟他定約會時, 她愛搭不理。

e.g. She walked into the room with a big smile, but everyone gave her a cold shoulder.

她滿臉笑容地走進房間，但每個人都冷淡對待她。

第三， 咬文嚼字

break with sb. ：與某人分手

e.g. She's been depressed since the break with her boy-friend.

她自從與男朋友斷絕關係以來一直情緒消沉。

e.g. She did not have the will to break with him.

她不想和他分道揚鑣。

be head over heels in love with：與某人熱戀

e.g. I fell head over heels in love with her the moment I saw her．

我第一眼就不顧一切地愛上了她。

e.g. I hear Xiao Li is head over heels in love with an old man who is 30years older than her.

聽說小麗愛上一個比她大三十歲的老頭子。

at loggerheads：對立，衝突

e.g. His father's will has set him at loggerheads with his brother.

他父親的遺囑導致了他與弟弟爭執起來。

e.g. Mrs. Smith enjoys setting people at loggerheads.

史密斯太太喜歡挑撥離間。