英语顺口溜
英语中的俚语、口语或“顺口溜”很多,它们的意义,往往与字面意义不同,有时也不合文法的结构,所以正确了解和灵活使用,是学习英语者的难题之一。下面即是常见的一些,供读者参考。
1. to be (或 become) fed up with (someone 或 something): 意思是对某人或某事感到讨厌或厌倦(to get tired of; to be disgusted or to get sick of);
例如: I am fed up with his constant complaints.(他常常的抱怨令我厌烦。)
We all became fed up with his long speech.(他的长篇演说我们都觉得讨厌。)
The husband has been fed up with his wife's nagging.(老公对老婆的唠叨感到厌烦。)
如果只用「to be fed up」也可以:
I will not wait for her; I am fed up. (我不想再等她了;我厌了。)
(动词时态是:feed, fed, fed) 可见这句俚语似乎有「被动味道」,如果用 feed,意思又不同了。
例如: The mother will feed the baby with milk.(母亲喂婴儿牛奶。) (feed 是及物动