點滴英語天天學第158期:分手了!(拓展語彙37)

分手也就意味着戀情的終止，我們今天就繼續來學習與“戀情的終止”非常流行的俚語，這些俚語具有很強的表現力來描述我們的情感。

1.語彙：chew someone out

釋義：To scold or address one harshly or angrily. （責罵某人，譴責某人）

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

如果老闆聽說我們失去了那個大客戶，他一定會嚴厲斥責我們的。

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

經理因他還不知道規矩改變了而訓了他一頓。

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

我把他狠狠地訓斥了一番，不過還好，這樣的事不會再發生了。

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

男孩的爸爸因他很晚還不睡覺而責罵他。

2. 語彙：come down hard on someone

釋義： To scold someone; to punish someone severely. （嚴厲斥責某人，嚴厲懲罰某人，嚴厲對待某人）

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!

我知道我考試考得不好，但是我沒想到我爸爸會對我這麼嚴厲——他罰我禁足一個月!

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

喬的父母得知他被停學後，嚴厲斥責了他。

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

校長嚴厲責備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?

昨天晚上你值班時，領導爲什麼嚴厲斥責你？

我們今天學習了2個非常有表現力的表述法。Hope thatyoucanbearthem in your mind. 這也是雅思考試必備的詞彙哦！