【句子】This is nuts. Do you know how long it’s gonna be before you actually have to deal with this problem? You don’t even have a boyfriend yet. 【Friends-S2E6】
【发音】[ðɪs] [ɪz] [nʌts] [du:] [ju:] [nəʊ] [haʊ] [lɒŋ]/[lɑ:ŋ] [ɪts] [ˈgə.nə]/[ˈgɑ:.nə] [bi:] [bɪˈfɔ:(r)] [ju:] [ˈæk.tʃu.ə.li] [hæv] [tʊ] [di:l] [wɪð] [ðɪs] ['prɒbləm]/['prɑ:bləm] [ju:] [dəʊnt] ['i:vn] [hæv] [ə] [ˈbɔɪ.frend] [jet]
【发音技巧】this is连读;have a连读;
【翻译】太不着边际了,你知道你还要等多久才能遇到这个问题吗?你现在连个男朋友都没有呢!
【适用场合】
nuts
在这里并不能理解成坚果的复数;
在口语中经常用来指:foolish, stupid or strange:
愚蠢的;奇怪的;胡说。
或者manic or eccentric; out of one's mind
发疯了的;不正常的;
这个用法我们之前节目中讲过,这里简单复习一下啦。
后面经常跟to do动词不定式的形式。
eg: You must be nuts to go climbing mountains in winter.
大冬天要去爬山,你怕不是疯了?
eg: All these phone calls are driving me nuts.
这些通电话要把我逼疯了。
drive sb. nuts 就相当于drive sb. crazy把某个人逼疯
其实有的时候口语里也可以当做语气词用,表达dismay, frustration, or exasperation焦虑、挫败、愤怒的情绪。
eg: Ah, nuts! I left my lunchbox on the school bus!
啊我去,我把我的午餐饭盒落在校车上了。
如果说:
be nuts about sb./sth.
就相当于in love with sb; very enthusiastic about sth; be crazy about sth.
为……而痴狂;
eg: He's absolutely nuts about her.
他疯狂地迷恋她。
【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】
A goal was scored and the crowd went nuts.