影视英语口语:愚蠢的故事

1. I might have known.

might have：本应该，本可以，表示应成而未成之事

例：
We might have done still better at that.
我们本来还可以做得更好些。

The dust may be settling on this dispute more quickly than it might have done.
这场争论也许可以更迅速地尘埃落定。

2. Just my old gown made over...

make over：修改

例：
He asked the tailor to make over his trousers.
他叫裁缝修改他的裤子。

Can you make over this old shirt?
你能修改这件旧衬衫吗？

3. Mary, if you don't mind...

mind：介意

例：
Do you mind if I read aloud?
你介不介意我大声朗读？

Do you mind me smoking here?
你介不介意我在这里抽烟？

4. Stuffing the boys with silly stories...

stuff：填塞

例：
Don't stuff your head with nonsense.
不要把脑袋塞满无用的东西。

You have stuff in the freezer since the beginning of time.
你的冷冻箱里总是塞满了东西。