英語口語練習小對話 第652期:擺架子

Subject：Don’t put on airs.

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迷你對話

A: Don’t put on airs. Do something practical.

別擺架子了，做點實事吧。

B: Sir. I... I dare not next time.

老闆，我......我下次不敢了。

地道表達

put on airs

1. 解釋

Put on airs的字面意思是“把......放到空中”，引申爲“裝腔作勢，擺架子，盛氣凌人”的意思。

2. 例句

e.g. I didn't like to put on airs, and even less to have too many people catering to me.

我不喜歡擺架子, 更不願讓人家興師動衆來照顧我。

e.g. She put on airs after marrying a millionaire.

自從嫁了百萬富翁後,她就擺起架子。

e.g. You shouldn't put on airs even if you were in charge.

即便你當頭頭，也不該擺架子。