现代英语俚语(4)

时间:2009-01-19 02:29:29

(单词翻译:单击)

Ask for it 自找麻烦, 自讨苦吃

Jim: Do you know what happened?

May: Not an inkling(一点也不知道). What’s happened?

Jim: My girlfriend gave her boss a good piece of her mind(好好教训某人一顿).

May: He asked for it(他是自找). I suppose.

Jim: Yeah. She is really something(真了不起).

May: But she will be in trouble.

Jim: No. she got the goods on(抓到把柄) him.

May: Do you think the boss will throw in the towel(服输)?

Jim: He has to grin1 and bear it(强作笑脸).

注:Ask for...表示“要求得到某物”。ask for it是个固定搭配,主要用于口语情景之中,意思是“自找麻烦”。比如:He asked for it. 这是他自找的。


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1 grin D6iyY     
n./vi.露齿而笑,咧嘴一笑
参考例句:
  • I know she is joking because she has a big grin on her face.我知道她是在开玩笑。因为她满脸笑容。
  • She came out of his office with a big grin on her face.她笑容满面地走出他的办公室。

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