點滴英語天天學第138期:分手了!(拓展語彙28)

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. 語彙：jerk off

釋義：A thoroughly incompetent, foolish, bumbling, or useless person. （蠢人，無能無用的人，笨手笨腳的人）

用法：這是一個非常粗魯的用語，慎用。

例句：I can't believe that jerk off got elected to the Senate!

我真不敢相信那個混蛋當選爲參議員了!

Get off the road before you kill someone, jerk off!

在你殺人之前，離開這條路，混蛋!

Kevin is such a jerk off. He played on everyone all night!

Kevin真是個討厭鬼，整個晚上把所有人戲弄了一遍！

2.語彙：kick someone/something to the curb

釋義：To discard, abandon, or dismiss someone or something that has become redundant, obsolete, useless, or unwanted.

例句：I can't believe that after 20 years of hard work the company would just kick me to the curb like that!

我真不敢相信，經過20年的辛勤工作，公司竟然會這樣把我解僱!

I think it's about time we kick this old computer to the curb.

我覺得是該丟掉這部舊電腦的時候了。

I heard Jenny kicked her boyfriend to the curb last night. They must have had an awful fight!

我聽說Jenny昨晚離開了她的男友，他們一定大吵了一頓。

Kirk cheated on you again! Kick him to the curb!

Kirk又欺騙你了，把他踹了！

3.語彙：loser

釋義：A person who is regularly unsuccessful, especially when you have a low opinion of them. （失敗者，一無是處的人）

例句：Those guys are all losers. They’ll never amount to anything.

那些人都是失敗者，他們將一事無成。

He's a good-for-nothing loser.

他是個沒出息的失敗者。

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！