迷你對話學地道口語第274期:瘋了
迷你對話：
A: I hear that Mary got mad.
我聽說瑪麗瘋了。
B: So I heard.
我也聽說了。
A: What’s wrong with her?
怎麼搞的。
B: She went over the edge after her son was killed in an accident.
自從他兒子在車禍中喪生後，她就變瘋了。
地道表達：
over the edge
解詞釋義：
into a condition of extreme emotional or mental suffering，譯爲：瘋了地。
語法用法：
他通常和go搭配做謂語，即：go over the edge。Go在這裏是系動詞，意思是變得。
支持範例：
She went over the edge after all of her family were killed in an accident.
她的全家在事故中喪命以後，她又瘋了。
I worry that her daughter as upset as she is could easily be pushed over the edge and cause herself great harm.
我擔心她的女兒和她一樣抑鬱，這樣很容易換上精神分裂症，給她自己造成極大的傷害。
詞海拾貝：
be wrong with：有問題，出故障
範例：I can't quite lay my finger on what's wrong with the engine.
我不能確切地說出引擎的毛病。
There' s something wrong with my eyes -- I can' t see properly.
我眼睛有毛病了--看不清楚了。
If you find anything wrong with the machine, you should put it right at once.
發現機器有故障，要及時排除。
He quickly ran home, looking as if there was something wrong with him.
他快步跑回家，看上去好像有什麼事不對勁。
