每天三分鐘學英語 第225期:Take me for a ride竟然不是"帶我兜風"的意思

情景對話：
Phil: He's been gone a long time. I think we hurt his feelings.
Jay: These guys don't have feelings. He's back there making time with a secretary, bragging about how he's taking a couple suckers for a ride.

知識點講解：
Hurt one's feelings
傷害了某人的感情
例句一：
Did Rick hurt your feelings? Seriously don't worry about him. He's a loser.
Rick傷了你的心麼？真的，別爲他犯愁。他就是個人生輸家。

Someone doesn't have feelings
某人沒有感情，鐵石心腸
例句一：
A: How could someone be so cruel?
-怎麼能有這麼粗魯的人？
B: Well, Jessie doesn't have feelings. She doesn't care who gets hurt.
-嗯，Jessie是鐵石心腸。她纔不在乎誰受傷呢。
例句二：
A: Do you think I went too far when I called him a sissy?
- 你覺得我剛纔叫他娘娘腔是不是太過分了？
B: What? Kyle? No, that guy has no feelings.
- 誰？Kyle嗎？不會的，他纔沒感覺呢。

Take someone for a ride
騙某人
例句一：
No I didn't buy it. The guy was trying to take me for a ride. Obviously, it's a pyramid scheme.
不，我沒買。那人想騙我。很明顯，這是一個傳銷的圈套。
例句二：
Don't believe every word Liam says otherwise he'll take you for a ride and get all your money.
別相信Liam說的話，要不然他會騙走你所有的錢。

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