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　　他很自私。

　　He's selfish. *selfish 帶有輕視的語(yǔ)氣，表示“自私的”、“利己的”、“不考慮別人的”。

　　I don't like John. (我不喜歡約翰。)

　　Why? (為什么?)

　　Because he's selfish. (他太自私了。)

　　He's self-centered. (他總是以自己為中心。)

　　He's self-serving. (他是個(gè)只顧自己的人。)

　　He only cares about himself. (他只想他自己的事。)

　　He doesn't care about anyone but himself. (他從來(lái)不想別人。)

　　他總把問(wèn)題想得過(guò)于嚴(yán)重。

　　He takes things too seriously.

　　他頭腦簡(jiǎn)單。

　　He's simpleminded. *simpleminded“單純的”、“頭腦簡(jiǎn)單的”，也有“無(wú)知的”、“愚蠢的”語(yǔ)感。

　　He's a simple man. *這句話也可解釋為“他是個(gè)很實(shí)際的人”。

　　He isn't so smart. (他不很聰明。)

　　今天他情緒煩躁。

　　He's on edge today. *edge“邊緣”。on edge 表示“煩躁”、“不安穩(wěn)”。

　　What's wrong with him? He's on edge today. (怎么啦，他今天這么煩躁。)

　　I don't know. (我不知道。)

　　He's edgy today.

　　He's in a bad mood today. (他今天情緒不好。)

　　他真是個(gè)多嘴多舌的人。

　　He's talkative. *talkative“喜歡說(shuō)話”、“多嘴多舌”。

　　He's talkative. (他真多嘴多舌。)

　　Yeah, you can say that again. (啊，你也這么說(shuō)呀。)

　　He's a motor-mouth.

　　He never shuts up. (他從來(lái)都閉不上嘴。)

　　他非常有錢。

　　He's quite well off. *well off“有錢”、“富裕”，比rich的語(yǔ)氣隨便。

　　How's he doing? (他現(xiàn)在怎么樣?)

　　He's quite well off now. (他現(xiàn)在可有錢了。)

　　He's a wealthy man.

　　He's rich.

　　He's rolling in it.

　　他很好色。

　　He's fresh. *看樣子可以翻成“他是個(gè)新鮮的人”，但實(shí)際上表達(dá)的是“他是好色的人”。

　　He always tries to touch me. (他總想碰我。)

　　Yeah, he's fresh. (是啊，他真好色。)

　　He's a dirty-minded man.

　　He's a dirty old man. (他真是個(gè)討厭的老頭。)

　　All he thinks about is sex. (他滿腦子想的都是情事。)

　　他的嘴甜著呢。

　　He's a smooth talker.

　　Watch out for him. (你得小心點(diǎn)兒他。)

　　Why? (為什么?)

　　He's a smooth talker. (他的嘴甜著呢。)

　　He's honey-tongued.

　　他是個(gè)不可小看的人。

　　He's nobody's fool. *“難打交道的人”、“不容輕視的對(duì)手”。

　　What's Joe like? (喬這個(gè)人怎么樣?)

　　He's nobody's fool. (你可不能小看他。)

　　He's very shrewd.

　　他凈說(shuō)些傻話。

　　He often says absurd things. *absurd“荒謬的，毫無(wú)道理的”。

　　He often says ridiculous things.

　　He says strange things a lot.

　　He says a lot of weird things.

　　他一點(diǎn)兒責(zé)任心都沒(méi)有。

　　He has no sense of responsibility.

　　He's so irresponsible.

　　他真是個(gè)讓人討厭的人。

　　He's very offensive. *offensive“討厭的”、“令人不愉快的”、“(人或言行等)令人作嘔的”。

　　他這人很難對(duì)付。

　　He's a difficult man to deal with. *deal with“處理、對(duì)待(人或事)”。

　　He's hard to deal with.

　　He's hard to put up with. (他讓人難以忍受。)

　　他是個(gè)倔老頭。

　　He's a stubborn old man. *stubborn“頑固的”、“倔強(qiáng)的”。

　　Didn't your father say okay? (你爸爸同意了嗎?)

　　No, he's a stubborn old man. (沒(méi)有，他是個(gè)倔老頭。)

　　He's a hardheaded old man.

　　他總是好高騖遠(yuǎn)。

　　He's aiming too high. *aim high“奢望”、“逞能、逞強(qiáng)”。

　　He's overreaching himself.

　　He's out of his league.

　　他從不認(rèn)輸。

　　That man never admits defeat.

　　He never admits he is wrong.

　　He is a sore loser.

　　He hates being defeated. (他討厭失敗。)

　　He can't handle defeat. (他是個(gè)輸不起的人。)

　　他是個(gè)難以捉摸的人。

　　He's very vague. *vague“不可捉摸”、“不清楚的”、“不明確的”。

　　He's very vague. (他是個(gè)難以捉摸的人。)

　　He's just like my brother. (和我弟弟一樣。)

　　He is difficult to understand. (他真讓人難以理解。)

　　He isn't very clear. (他讓人不易琢磨。)

　　他性格乖張。

　　He's crooked. *crook 原意是thief，即“小偷”、“騙子”。crooked表示“性格孤僻”、“乖張”。

　　He's crooked. (他性格乖張。)

　　But I like him. (可我喜歡他。)

　　He's a scammer. *俚語(yǔ)。

　　He's a crook.

　　He's a con man. *俚語(yǔ)。

　　他一無(wú)是處。

　　He's good for nothing.

　　He's not nice to you? (他是不是對(duì)你不好?)

　　No, he's good for nothing. (嗯，他簡(jiǎn)直一無(wú)是處。)

　　He isn't good for anything.

　　He's a bum. *俚語(yǔ)。

　　她認(rèn)生。

　　She's shy around strangers.

　　She's bashful.

　　She feel uncomfortable around strangers. (她跟不認(rèn)識(shí)的人在一起總覺(jué)得不自在。)

　　She's afraid of strangers. (她怕生人。)

　　你是個(gè)膽小鬼。

　　You're too timid.

　　You're gutless.

　　You're a wimp.

　　You're a chicken.

　　他在逞強(qiáng)。

　　He's acting big.

　　He's acting like a hot shot.

　　他動(dòng)不動(dòng)就生氣。

　　He has a short temper. *temper 特指“(感情上的)秉性，氣質(zhì)”，short temper 表示“易怒”。

　　He gets angry easily.

　　He loses his temper quickly.

　　He is very temperamental. (他喜怒無(wú)常。)

　　他很能吃。

　　He eats like a horse. *直譯是“他吃起來(lái)像匹馬一樣。”

　　He eats huge amounts.

　　He eats like a bird.(他飯量很小。)

　　你的香水味真夠嗆人的。

　　Your perfume is strong.

　　I can smell your perfume a mile away. (我老遠(yuǎn)就聞見(jiàn)你的香水味了。) *帶有諷刺意味的表達(dá)方式。

　　Your perfume is romantic. (你的香水夠浪漫的。) *褒義，“芳香撲鼻”。

　　●自我評(píng)價(jià)

　　我的心還很年輕。

　　I'm young in spirit. *in spirit“心理的”、“精神上的”。

　　I have a youthful spirit.

　　I'm young at heart.

　　我笨手笨腳的。

　　I'm all thumbs. *thumb“大拇指”，注意b不發(fā)音。每根手指都像拇指一樣笨手笨腳的。

　　Can't you fix it? (您能幫我修理一下嗎?)

　　I'm all thumbs. (我可是笨手笨腳的。)

　　I'm clumsy.

　　I'm very clumsy.

　　I have butterfingers.

　　I'm (such) a klutz. *俚語(yǔ)。

　　我喜歡獨(dú)處。

　　I like being alone.

　　I enjoy having time to myself.

　　I'm a loner.

　　我這個(gè)人比較隨和。

　　I'm easygoing. *easygoing“悠閑的”、“不小氣的”、“不小心眼的”、“不拘小節(jié)的”。

　　I'm temperamental. (我愛(ài)發(fā)脾氣。)

　　I'm not. I'm easygoing. (我可不是，我挺隨和。)

　　I'm an optimist. (我是個(gè)樂(lè)天派。)

　　I'm carefree.

　　I like to take it easy.

　　我遇事就慌。

　　I get embarrassed easily. *embarrass“使……發(fā)窘”、“使……尷尬”、“讓……為難”。

　　Your face is red! (你臉都紅了。)

　　I get embarrassed easily. (我遇事就慌。)

　　我做什么事都很現(xiàn)實(shí)。

　　I'm practical about everything. *practical“(人或想法)很現(xiàn)實(shí)的”，褒義。

　　I like to be practical about things. (我喜歡現(xiàn)實(shí)地考慮問(wèn)題。)

　　I'm a very practical person. (我是個(gè)非常現(xiàn)實(shí)的人。)

　　我是一根筋。

　　I have a one-track mind. *track

　　表示“軌道”，one-track表示“單線軌道”。這句話表示“只能考慮一件事的人”，一般為貶義。

　　I'm obsessed with one idea.

　　I can't take my mind off of... (我無(wú)法不去想……)

　　我看人很準(zhǔn)。

　　I'm a good judge of character. *judge“能辨別好壞的人”、“鑒定者”。

　　I have a good eye for character.

　　I'm a poor judge of character. (我不會(huì)看人。)

　　我愛(ài)吃甜食。

　　I have a sweet tooth. *have a sweet tooth 直譯是“有甜牙”，實(shí)際意思是“愛(ài)吃甜食”。

　　You like sweets, don't you? (你愛(ài)吃甜食，是嗎?)

　　Yeah, I have a sweet tooth. (是的，我愛(ài)吃甜食。)

　　I love sweets. (我特喜歡吃甜的。)

　　我是個(gè)酒鬼。

　　I prefer wine to sweets. *直譯是“比起甜東西來(lái)我更愛(ài)喝酒”。

　　I prefer savory to sweet. (比起甜的來(lái)我更愛(ài)吃辣的。)

　　我過(guò)著悲慘的生活。

　　I have led a dog's life. *lead a dog's life 直譯是“像狗一樣的生活”。應(yīng)該記住這句慣用表達(dá)方式。

　　I have had a miserable life.

　　I've had a terrible life.

　　我的視力不好。

　　I have poor eyesight.

　　I have good eyesight. (我的視力很好。)