●放心
啊!可以松口气了!
What a relief!
I passed! What a relief. (我通过了,总算可以松口气了。)
Good for you. (太好了。)
That's a relief! (总算放心了。)
I'm relieved.
Everything worked out well. (所有的事都解决好了。)
I'm relieved. (我总算可以松口气了。)
I feel relieved.
I feel a lot better now.
吓我一跳!
I'm surprised! *因意想不到的事情使得情况发生突然的变化,而使人吃惊、吓了一跳时。
Happy birthday! (生日快乐!)
I'm surprised! (吓我一跳!)
What a surprise!
好了!这下放心了!/唷-!(吹口哨的声音。)
Whew! *表示终于可以回避问题,松一口气的心情。发音就如同吹口哨一样。
Whew! (好了!这下放心了!)
We made it! (干得不错!)
Thank goodness!
Thank God!
啊!
Aah! *表示心情放松、高兴和叹息,一般只用于自言自语。
听这么一说,我就放心了。
I felt relieved to hear that. *relieve 可以表示放下心来、安心的心情。
Did you hear that the meeting went well?(你听说了吗?那个会开得很顺利。)
Yes, I felt relieved to hear that. (听说了,这么一来我就放心了。)
I was relieved to hear that.
I felt much better after hearing that.
终于到了。
Here we are at last. *Here we are. 是固定短语,表示“到了”。
Here we are at last. (终于到了。)
Home sweet home. (还是自己的家好!)
We've finally arrived.
可算摆脱了。
Good riddance. *riddance 表示“摆脱烦恼、麻烦”。
He finally left. (他终于回去了。)
Good riddance. (太好了,他可算走了。)
I'm glad they're gone.
●不满和牢骚时
啊呸!真见鬼!
Oh, heck! *heck表示有点灰心和失望。
Oh, heck! I failed the test. (噢,见鬼!没考及格。)
Oh, darn!
Oh, no!
什么!
Shucks! *承认自己的错误,或回应别人对自己的不满时。
Where is your homework? (你的作业在哪儿呢?)
Shucks! I forgot it at home. (哎呀!我忘在家里了。)
真见鬼!
Shoot! *表示厌恶、激怒、惊奇等。常用来表示事情并不像自己所想像的那样顺利时。
Shoot! I Missed the train. (真见鬼!我没赶上电车。)
Sheesh!
他妈的!
Shit! *听起来很低级。shoot是shit的委婉说法。
啊!糟了!
Uh-oh. *表示“不好”、“糟了”,带有惊讶的语气。
Did you bring the book I lent you? (你借我的书带来了吗?)
Uh-oh. I forgot. (啊,糟了,我忘了。)
有的事是行不通的。
Not everything is logical. *logical “合逻辑的”、“合乎道理的”。
Everything isn't always logical.
Not everything follows the rules of logic.
(金钱)全都浪费了。
It went down the drain. *drain “排水管”。
How was the investment? (投资的那个项目怎么样?)
It went down the drain. (全都白搭了。)
就差那么一点儿。
I almost made it. *用almost表示“差一点儿就……”。
The train just left. (电车刚走。)
I almost made it. (就差那么一点儿。)
I was almost on time.
I was just a little late. (就晚了那么一点儿。)
想点儿办法吧!
Do something!
Our house is a mess? (我们的家真乱。)
So, do something! (那,你就收拾收拾吧。)
Do something about it!
Please do something about it.(请想点儿办法吧!)
Please take care of it for me.(请为我处理一下儿吧。)
我忙得要命。
I'm so busy.
I'm so busy today. (我今天忙得要命。)
How about tomorrow? (那明天怎么样?)
I'm too busy.
I'm as busy as a bee. *短语,“像蜜蜂一样忙碌”。
这项工作对我来说太重了。
This task is too much for me. * task表示“作为任务分派给人的工作”。
This task is too much for me. (这项工作对我来说太重了。)
Please don't give up yet. (请你别放弃。)
I can't complete this task alone. (我一个人无法完成这项工作。)
This is too much for me to handle.
这么点儿薪水我怎么够活呀!
I can't make ends meet on my small salary.
I can't live on my low pay.
I can't get along on my scanty pay.
I find it impossible to make ends meet on my small salary.
我再也忍不下去了。
This is the last straw. *last straw 表示“再也无法承受的负担和困难上又新加的痛苦”。
Your husband hit you again? (你丈夫又打你了?)
Yes. This is the last straw. (是的。我再也忍不下去了。)
That's it.
I've had it up to here.
I can't take it any more.
你的答复我接受不了。
Your response is unacceptable. *unacceptable 表示“接受不了”。
I'm not satisfied with what you say.
Your answer is unsatisfactory.
我不满意他的回答。
I'm not satisfied with his answer. *be satisfied with... “对……感到满意”。
I'm dissatisfied with his answer.
His answer didn't satisfy me.
他今天一副挑衅的样子。
He's got a chip on his shoulder today. *指“要打架的样子”、“情绪不好的态度”。
公平点儿!
Play fair!
Play fairly!
Don't cheat! (不许搞鬼。)
多费时费钱呀!
What a waste of time and money!
What a waste of time and money! (费时又费钱。)
Don't say that. (你别那么说呀!)
You're wasting your time and money!
你太慷慨了。
You're too generous. *在送给别人相当有价值的东西等场合时使用。generous “慷慨的”、“不吝惜的”、“宽大的”、“度量大的”。
I'd like you to have this. (我想送你这个。)
You're too generous. Thank you very much. (你太慷慨了。谢谢。)
You're too kind.
他把一切都告诉了我。
He told me all about it.
He told me everything.
怎么花这么长时间?
What's taking so long?
Why is it taking so long?
10分钟怎么也来不及。
I can't make it in ten minutes.
I need more time. (我还需要点儿时间。)
It'll take me longer than ten minutes. (要花10分钟以上。)
Ten minutes isn't enough time. (10分钟太仓促了。)
他看不起我。
He looks down on me.
He despises me.
He respects me. (他尊重我。)
你什么忙也帮不了。
You're good for nothing.
简直快让我疯了。
It drives me crazy.
I hate that noise. (我真讨厌那种声音。)
It drives me crazy. (它简直快让我疯了。)
It makes me crazy.
It drives me up the wall.
就这些吗?
Is that all?
I'd like this one, and that one, please. (我要这个和那个。)
Is that all? (就这些吗?)
Is that it?
Anything else? (还要别的吗?)
这太少了。/这不够。
That's not enough. *用于所持或得到的量不足时。
I'll give you 10% off. (我给你便宜10%。)
That's not enough. How about 20% off? (这太少了。20%怎么样?)
I'd like more. (我还想要点儿。)
I need more. (我需要再多一点儿。)
他对我不公平。
He's unfair to me. *unfair “不公平的”、“不合理的”。
He treats me unfairly.
He doesn't treat me fairly. (他对待我不公平。)
●发怒
别再辩解了!
No more excuses! *excuse “辩解”。
Don't make (any) excuses!
Don't give me excuses.
No ifs, ands or buts! *用在有人用if(如果……的话)、and(还有)、but(但是……)等词作解释时。
But I can't. (可是,我不会呀!)
No ifs, ands or buts! You will finish it today. (不要找借口,你今天怎么也得完成。)
我不想再听你的辩解了。
I've heard enough of your excuses. *直译是“我已经听够你的解释了。”
But I can't help it. (可是我毫无办法呀!)
I've heard enough of your excuses. (我不想再听你的辩解了。)
我不想听任何解释。
I don't want to hear any excuses.
这样也解释不通呀。
That's not a good excuse.
That's no excuse.
你到底在想什么呢?
What's the big idea? *用来表示“你怎么做那种事,你到底在想什么呢?”
别给我开空头支票。
Don't give me any lip service! *lip “嘴唇”,“lip service”表示“口惠”。
Don't give me any lip.
你少命令我!
Don't tell me what to do! *这是句常用语,直译“用不着你对我说该做什么。”
You don't need to buy that. (你没必要买那个。)
Hey, don't tell me what to do! It's my money. (喂!你少命令我,这是我自己的钱。)
气疯了我了!
I'm mad!
I'm mad at you! (你气死我了!)
I'm sorry, please forgive me. (对不起,请原谅。)
I'm angry.
I'm upset. *upset “生气,心烦意乱”。
I'm ticked off. *tick off 俚语,“使人生气”。
那真讨厌!
That's disgusting. *disgusting“讨厌的,令人厌恶的,让人作呕的”。表达让人厌恶、讨厌得直想吐的心情。
That's disgusting. Are you going to eat that? (看上去真恶心,你准备吃吗?)
Yes, it's delicious. Try it. (嗯,很好吃啊,你试试!)
That's gross. (那真恶心。)
你真让我心烦。
You're getting on my nerves. *nerve “神经”,get on my nerves“触动我的神经,让我心烦”。
You're getting on my nerves.(你真让我心烦。)
That's not a nice thing to say.(你这样说也太失礼了。)
You're bothering me. (你使我感到烦恼。)*bother“使人为难”、“纠缠不休”、“烦恼”。
You're really irritating me. (你真让我烦。)*irritate“使人心烦,让人着急,使人生气”。
You're starting to get on my nerves. (你又开始做让我心烦的事了。)
别取笑我!
Don't make fun of me! *make fun of...惯用短语,“嘲笑,开玩笑”。
Ha, ha, you fell down. (哈!哈!摔倒了呀。)
Don't make fun of me. (别取笑我!)
Don't tease me. (别拿我开玩笑。)
Don't talk down to me. (别说看不起人的话。)
Don't belittle me. (别看不起人。)
请别上火。
Don't be upset.
我再也没耐心了。
I've run out of patience. *run out of... “用光……,耗尽……”。patience “忍耐,耐性”。
Calm down. (冷静点儿。)
I can't. I've run out of patience. (我做不到,我再也忍耐不了了。)
I lost my temper. (我发脾气了。)
你放肆!
What nerve!
你竟有脸说这种事!
How impudent you are to say such a thing! *impudent “厚颜的”,“不知羞耻的”。
How impolite! (怎么那么厚颜无耻!)
That's a rude thing to say! (那样说太野蛮。)
他说的话多气人呀。
What he says offends me. *offend “得罪人,使人生气,给人不愉快的感觉”。
What he says offends me. (他说的话多气人呀。)
I know what you mean. (我理解你的心情。)
What he says bothers me. (他说的话让人心烦。)
我们得反击。
We've got to get even. *get even “回击,报复”。
We have to get him back.
我又不是不懂。
I wasn't born yesterday. *直译“我可不是昨天才生下来的”。
It's a great deal. (那可是件好事呀。)
I wasn't born yesterday. (我又不是不懂。)
I didn't just fall off the turnip truck! *turnip 蔬菜中的“芜菁”,直译“我又不是刚从货车上掉下来的芜菁。”用该短语表示“我知道得十分清楚”。
I'm not stupid! (我没那么傻。)
I'm not naive! (我又不是没见过世面。)
别把我当傻瓜。
Don't think you can make a fool out of me! *make a fool out of... 表示“轻视,看不起”。直译是“别以为你可以轻视我!”
Don't try to make me look foolish! 直译“别把我弄得像个傻瓜”。
You can't make me look stupid!
你拿我开涮呢。
You're making fun of me. *make fun of... 表示“看不起人,把……作为取笑对象”。把它作为一个短语来记。
You're teasing me. (你耍我呢。) *tease “逗弄,戏弄”、“愚弄”。
Are you trying to make a fool out of me? (你是不是在把我当笑料呀?)
真是狮子大开口。
That's asking too much.
I'll do it for ¥50,000. (给五万,我就干!)
That's asking too much. (真是狮子大开口。)
You're being too greedy. (你也太贪了。)
You're pushing your luck. (你还真来劲!)
他是急脾气。
He has a quick temper.
He has a short temper.
He has a bad temper.
你知道你是在对谁说话吗?
Who do you think you're talking to? *表示“你对我能用这种口气说话吗?”。
You can't talk to me like that. (你不能这样对我说话。)
Do you know who you're talking to?
你有什么要说的吗?
Do you have anything to say?
Do you have anything to complain about?
Do you have any objection to it? (你有什么不同意见?)
我不能让你随心所欲。
I won't let you have your own way. *let “同意让……”、“让……”、“随便让……”。
You can't have everything your own way.
I'm not giving in. (我绝不让步。)
这是恐吓。
That's blackmail! *blackmail“勒索”、“恐吓”。
A) If you don't help me, I'll turn you in. (你要不帮我,我就把你交给警方。)
B) That's blackmail! (你这是恐吓。)*B做了坏事,而被A知道。
你别侮辱人。
Don't insult me.
Don't insult my intelligence. *直译“你别侮辱我的才智”。用于吵架开始时。
你是一个卑鄙的骗子。
You're a filthy liar. *filthy“污秽的,卑鄙的,肮脏的”。
你会后悔的。
You'll be sorry.
I lent him money. (我把钱借给他了。)
You'll be sorry. (你会后悔的。)
You'll regret it.
You'll wish you hadn't done it. (你会后悔这么做的。)
你疯啦?
Are you crazy?
Isn't he cool? (他是不是很酷?)
Are you crazy? (你是不是疯啦?)
Are you nuts?
Are you out of your mind?
Are you insane?
Are you delirious?
Are you all there?
Are you confused? *更尖锐的说法。
别用那种眼神看着我!
Don't look at me like that!
Don't look at me like that! (别用那种眼神看着我!)
Like what? (什么眼神?)
Don't stare at me! (别盯着我。) *stare at...“一直盯着看,凝视”。
我要报复。
I want to get even with him.
I'll pay him back. (这个仇我一定得报。)
那个狡猾、卑鄙的家伙。
That sneaky, low life creep! *sneaky“鬼鬼祟祟,卑鄙的”,low life “社会下层的人,卑怯的家伙”,creep “阴郁得让人讨厌的人”、“非常讨厌的人”。
(根本)不是!?是的!
Is not! ? Is too! *孩子们吵架时常用。
Is not! ? Is so!
Uh-uh! ? Uh-huh! 因为Is not和Uh-uh表达的是No的意思,所以是一边摇着头一边说。
随便吧!
Have it your way!
We should turn right. (我们该往右拐。)
I think we should go left. (我觉得该往左拐。)
Okay, okay, have it your way! (好吧,好吧,你随便吧!)
Do it your way!
Do whatever you want!
Do as you please.
It's your choice.
Suit yourself! *用于好心好意给人出主意却不被接受时。“那随你便吧,爱怎么着就怎么着吧。”
●从回家到就寝
我回来了。
I'm home.
I'm home. (我回来了。)
Welcome back. (你回来了。)
I'm back!
你回来了。
Welcome home!
Welcome back!
今天过得愉快吗?
Did you have a good time?
今天怎么样?
How did it go today?
How was your day?
我可以出去玩儿会儿吗?
Can I go out to play?
Can I go out to play? (我可以出去玩儿会儿吗?)
After you finish your homework. (写完作业再去吧。)
我饿了。
I'm hungry.
I'm hungry. (我饿了。)
We have some snacks. (吃点儿点心吧。)
点心在哪儿?
Where are the snacks?
Where are the snacks? (点心在哪儿?)
They're in the cupboard. (在碗橱里。)
我去补习学校了啊。
I'm going to cram school now. *cram意为“填鸭式补习”。
I'm going to cram school now. (我去补习学校了啊。)
Call when you finish. (下课后来个电话。)
能给我点儿零花钱吗?
May I have my allowance?
May I have my allowance? (能给我点儿零花钱吗?)
What do you want to buy? (你要买什么呀?)
真累啊!
I'm tired.
I'm exhausted. (我精疲力尽了)
I'm pooped. *俚语
晚饭你想吃什么?
What would you like for dinner?
What would you like for dinner? (晚饭你想吃什么?)
How about steak? (吃牛排怎么样?)
What do you want for dinner? (晚饭吃什么?)
What do you want to eat for dinner? (晚饭你想吃点什么?)
你能帮我准备餐具吗?
Would you help me set the table? *set the table 是将刀、叉和杯子在桌子上摆好,准备吃饭的意思。
Would you help me set the table? (你能帮我准备餐具吗?)
I'd be happy to. (乐意之至。)
Help me set up the table, will you? (你能帮我把餐具摆好吗?)
晚饭做什么好呢?
What should I make for dinner?
What should I whip up for dinner?
What should I cook for dinner?
What should I fix for dinner?
还是家好哇。
It's good to be home.
There's no place like home. *意为“哪儿也没有自己家好”,是句常用的谚语。
It feels so good to be home.
你能不能赶紧去趟商店?
Would you run to the store? *不见得是“跑着去”,在这儿是“快点儿去”的意思。
Would you run to the store? (你能不能快点儿去趟商店?)
In just a minute. (稍等一下。)
洗澡水烧好了。
The bath is ready.
It's been a long day. (今天真累呀!)
The bath is ready. (洗澡水烧好了。)
我要冲个澡。
I'm taking a shower.
I'm going to take a shower.
晚饭做好了吗?
Is dinner ready?
Is dinner ready? (晚饭好了吗?)
Not yet. (还没呢。)
Is it time for dinner yet? (该吃晚饭了吧?)
Have you made dinner? (晚饭做好了吗?)
妈妈,今天晚饭吃什么?
Mom, what's for dinner tonight?
Mom, what did you make for dinner?
Mom, what did you fix for dinner?
晚饭吃什么?
What's for dinner?
What's for dinner? (晚饭吃什么?)
Salisbury steak. (吃汉堡肉饼。)
Great! (太棒了。)
今天吃咖哩饭。
Today, we're having curry.
We're having curry today.
还要多久才能做好呀?
How soon can you get it ready?
How soon can you get it ready? (还要多久才能做好呀?)
In about five more minutes. (再有5分钟吧。)
When will it be ready?
How soon will it be done?
我吃了啊。
Let's eat.
Shall we begin? (可以吃了吗?)
请先吃吧。
Please go ahead.
Please help yourself.
这把刀真快呀!
This knife cuts well, doesn't it?
This knife cuts well, doesn't it? (这刀挺好使的,是不是?)
It sure does. (真挺快的。)
水开啦!
The water is boiling!
The water is boiling! (水开啦!)
O.K. (知道啦!)
开饭啦!
Come and get it! *这句直译为“来端菜!”it是指“做好了的饭菜”,全句的意思是“饭做好了,来吃吧!”。是母亲常说的话。
It's time for dinner! (该吃晚饭啦!)
Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner is ready! (早饭/午饭/晚饭好了啊!)
该吃饭啦!
It's time to eat.
It's time to eat. (该吃饭啦!)
Finally. (终于吃上饭喽!)
这就来啦!
I'm coming.
I'll be right there. (我马上就去。)
I'm on my way.
手洗干净了吗?
Did you wash your hands well?
Did you wash your hands well? (手洗干净了吗?)
Yes. (洗干净了。)
别弄洒了。
Don't spill it!
Don't tip it over.
把碗里的菜吃光。
Eat all of your vegetables.
Finish your vegetables.
Finish up your vegetables.
把饭吃光。
Finish up your plate.
Finish up your plate. (把碗里的饭吃干净。)
I'm trying to. (这不吃着呢嘛。)
我不喜欢吃芦笋。
I don't like asparagus.
I don't like asparagus. (我不喜欢吃芦笋。)
Don't be picky. (不许挑食。)
谢谢您的款待。
It was very delicious. Thank you.
It was a wonderful dinner. (谢谢您丰盛的晚餐。)
能帮我收拾盘子吗?
Would you clear the table?
Would you put the dishes away?
把盘子洗了。
Do the dishes! *最好就这样记住。
Do the dishes! (把盘子洗了。)
I will. (就去洗。)
Do the dishes! (把盘子洗了。)
It's not my turn. (今天不该我洗。)
Wash the dishes!
我擦盘子。
I'll dry the dishes. *dry是“使……干”、“除去水气”和“擦”的意思。
你干什么呢?
What are you doing? *口语中一般发成“What're you doing?”
我看电视呢。
I'm watching TV. *注意在这种情况下,TV前不加the。
有什么好看的节目吗?
Are there any good programs on TV?
Are there any good programs on TV? (有什么好看的节目吗?)
No, not today. (没有,今天没什么好看的。)
野茂上电视了。
Nomo is on TV.
8频道演什么呢?
What's on Channel 8?
能不能帮我换个台?
Would you change the channel?
Would you switch the channel?
Would you change the station?
我还想看电视。
I want to watch more TV.
I want to watch more TV. (我还想看电视。)
You've watched enough for tonight. (今晚你看得够多的了。)
铺床吧。
Let's spread out the futon. *spread意为“铺开”。
Let's get the futon out. (把被子拿出来吧。)
我困了。
I'm sleepy.
I'm sleepy. (我困了。)
Why don't you take a nap? (你干嘛不睡午觉?)
I'm drowsy. *drowsy是表示困得睁不开眼。
作业做了吗?
Did you do your homework?
Did you finish your homework?
好好学习。
Study hard.
Study hard. (好好学习。)
I am. (好好学着呢。)
快点睡觉。
Hurry up and go to sleep.
游戏玩够了吧。
Enough with your video games.
Enough with your video games. (游戏玩够了吧。)
I can't quit now. (正好玩着呢。)
一定要刷牙噢。
Make sure you brush your teeth.
Make sure you brush your teeth. (一定要刷牙噢。)
I will. (一定刷。)
明天的东西都准备好了吗?
Are you ready for tomorrow?
Are you ready for tomorrow? (明天的东西都准备好了吗?)
No, not yet. (没有,还没准备好呢。)
我去洗个澡。
I'm going to take a bath.
I'm going to take a bath. (我去洗个澡。)
Make sure you wash up well. (好好洗洗啊。)
该睡觉了。
Time to go to sleep.
Time to go to sleep. (该睡觉了。)
Just a minute. (再等一下。)
电视还开着呢。
You left the TV on.
You left the TV on. (电视还开着呢。)
Sorry about that. (对不起,我忘了关。)
You forgot to turn the TV off. (你忘了关电视啦。)
别把你的东西都摊在这儿。
Don't leave your stuff here.
Don't leave your stuff here. (别把你的东西都摊在这儿。)
I won't. (知道了。)
把闹钟定在8点了。
I set the alarm clock for 8:00.
I set it for 8:00.
明天7点叫醒我。
Wake me up at seven tomorrow.
Wake me up at seven tomorrow. (明天7点叫醒我。)
Sure thing. (知道了。)
晚安。
Good night.
Good night. (晚安。)
Sweet dreams. (做个好梦。)
做个好梦。
Sweet dreams! *该句和Good night!一起用于就寝前。一般人均可使用,特别多用于父母对子女。
Sweet dreams! (做个好梦。)
Don't let the bedbugs bite. (晚安。) *bedbugs “臭虫”,直译是“别让臭虫咬了。”但现在没有这种意思,只是睡觉前常用的表达方式之一。
Have pleasant dreams.