迷你对话学英语口语 第1333期:爱摆架子的人

第一，迷你对话

A: Our major is very famous!

市长很有名气。

B: You seem to like him very much.

你好像很喜欢他。

A: You don't?

难道你不喜欢他吗？

B: Not at all. He's really a stuffed shirt.

我一点也不喜欢，他架子太大了。

第二，地道表达

stuffed shirt

解词释义

Stuffed shirt的意思是“爱摆架子而令人讨厌啊的人”。

拓展范例

E.g. Everybody knows that Lynn is just a stuffed shirt.

大家都知道林恩只是个自命不凡的讨厌鬼。

E.g. He only seems like a stuffed shirt when you first meet him.

只有初次见面时,他看起来才会显得道貌岸然。

E.g. Your neighbour is a stuffed shirt. He seems very proud and serious and he never smiles and plays any joke with anyone.

你的邻居是一个有点自命不凡的人。他好象很高傲并且很严肃，从不对别人微笑或同别人说笑话。

E.g. A stuffed shirt is not accepted in our culture. It's important to be honest and modest.

我们瞧不起爱摆架子的人，诚实和谦逊很重要。

第三，好词妙语

not at all：一点也不

E.g. I' m not at all satisfied with the present situation.

我对现状一点也不满足。

E.g. He was not at all nervous, for he knew what to expect.

他心里有底，一点不慌。

E.g. She' s not at all a proper person for you to know.

她可不是正派人，你不应该结识她。