英語句型學口語 Lesson 87:Know better than..

87. Know better than...
應該知道不該······

用法透視
該句的意思是"懂得，明事理而不至於做......"。可用來對某人做某事表示不滿、後悔、勸阻等。

支持範例
1. You should know better than to go swimming right after eating.
你應該知道飯後不能立即去游泳。
2. You are old enough to know better than to spend all your money on clothes.
你年紀足夠大了，應該知道不該把錢全花在買衣服上。
3. I know better than to lend him any money to gamble.
我知道不能借錢給他去賭博。

會話記憶
A: Harry, come here immediately!
哈利，立刻到這兒來！
B: What?
有什麼事嗎？
A: Don't take that tone with me! I saw you hit your brother.
別給我來這樣的腔調。我看見你打你弟弟了。
B: No! He hit me first.
不是的！是他先打我的。
A: I don't care. You know better than to hit him. Go sit on your bed for 10 minutes.
我不管。你知道你不該打他的。去，到你房間牀上靜坐十分鐘