點滴英語天天學第66期:Tim想套磁沒有成功(拓展語彙2)

從古至今，戀愛有3個階段。第一階段是“尋求戀情”，第二階段是“戀情帶來的興奮和激動”，第三階段是“戀情的終止”。既然戀愛是我們生活中的一個重要部分，當然有很多表示關於愛情的俚語。下面，我們就繼續來學習它們。

1. 原味語彙：brush off

解析：It means to casually, unexpectedly, or brusquely dismiss or ignore someone or something. 譯爲：對某人好不理會。In this usage, a noun can be used between "brush" and "off" or after "off." 在這個用法中，名詞可以在brush off之間，可以在off之後。它也可以用作：to give someone the brush off。

例句：You can't just brush off the students' questions—they deserve answers. 你不能理會學生提出來的問題，那些問題應該回答。

I haven't heard back from that company, so I guess they're brushing my complaint off. 我一直沒有得到公司的回信，我猜想他們不理會我的苦衷。

When Ted finally got the courage to introduce himself to Carol, she gave him the brush off. 當Ted最後終於骨氣想Carol自我介紹時，她對他卻毫不理會。

2. 原味語彙：diss someone

解析：It means to have disrespect for someone. 譯爲：冷落慢待。這是對某人的不敬的簡稱。這是最新俚語，主要是年輕人使用。

例句：Did you hear what she said? You just got dissed, bro. 你聽到她說什麼呢嗎？哥哥，你沒聽清楚。

These two rappers always seem to be dissing each other on Twitter. 這兩位說唱歌手似乎總是在推特會上相互吐槽。

3. 原味語彙： freeze someone out

解析：It means to exclude or ostracize someone by being cold or distant to them. 它是指通過對某人冷眼相待而排次逐出某人。A noun or pronoun can be used between "freeze" and "out." 在用法上，名詞或代詞可以用於freeze和out 之間。

例句：I think they're trying to freeze me out of the literary magazine this year. No one will return my emails. 我覺得他們試圖幾年把握逐出雜誌社，因爲沒有人回覆我的郵件。

今天，我們學習3個可以用於戀情中的俚語：diss someone，freeze soneonen out，brush off（give somebody brush off）。Hope thatyou can keep them in your mind and make use of them in your daily life.

今天，我們補充學習Lesson one：《Tim想套磁沒有成功》的拓展語彙。