點滴英語天天學第133期:分手了!(拓展語彙11)

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. 原味表述：flip out

雙語解析1：To suddenly express anger or excitement in a very visible way. （突然以明顯的方式表示憤怒或者興奮）

典型例句：Mom will flip out when she finds out we broke her vase!

媽媽要是發現我們打破了她的花瓶，一定會氣瘋的。

When Jenny saw that we'd rented a pony for her birthday party, she totally flipped out.

當珍妮看到我們爲她的生日聚會租了一匹小馬時，她簡直樂瘋了。

雙語解析2：To become emotionally unstable or unmoored.

I think I flipped out a bit after college because I had no direction in my life.

我覺得我大學畢業後情緒有點波動，因爲我感覺我的人生沒有方向。

After the divorce, Pete flipped out and started getting into some weird stuff.

Peter 離婚後情緒不穩定，開始做一些奇怪的事情。

2. 原味表述：fly off one's handle

雙語解析：Suddenly become very mad or angry. （突然失去控制而勃然大怒）

典型例句：My wife spent all afternoon yesterday cooking a special dinner for our wedding anniversary. So she really flew off the handle when I came home three hours late.

我妻子爲了慶祝我們的結婚週年，花了整個下午精心烹調。可由於我昨晚回家晚了三個小時，她可真火了。

Honey, please don't fly off the handle, I had a little accident with the car, but it certainly wasn't my fault.

親愛的，你可別發火，我出了一點小車禍，但是那絕不是我的錯。

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！