迷你对话学英语口语 第1000期:看不起...

第一， 迷你对话

A: He is too conceited and often looks down his nose at everybody.

他太高傲了，常常看不起人。

B: He’s the Governor’s son.

他是州长的儿子。

A: Yes, he is. But he himself is nothing.

是的，他是的，但是他自己什么也不是啊。

第二， 地道表达

look down his nose at someone

1. 解词释义

Look down his nose at someone的意思是“看不起某人，轻视，蔑视某人”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. With a lot of people backing him up, he would naturally be giving himself airs and looking down his nose at everybody.

有人给他撑腰打气, 他自然趾高气扬, 目中无人了。

e.g. If anyone leaves my shop feeling that we’d looked down our noses at them for not buying our products, I would be very ashamed.

如果离开本店的顾客觉得会因为没买我们的商品而受到蔑视，我会非常羞愧。

第三， 口语短句

表示一个人什么本领都没有。

He is nothing.