英语俚语习语小对话第97期: "吹毛求疵"英语怎么说? (mp3和文本下载)

英语情景对话：

A:My son is always complaining that I dump on him. He was very rude and told me to mind my own business. I cannot put up with that.
我的儿子总是抱怨我对他太挑剔了，他很不客气，让我管好自己就行了，我真是受不了。

B:What does his dad say?
他爸爸怎么说的？

A:John is a peacemaker. He simply doesn’t bother. He says he should give him a free hand.
Jon是个老好人，根本就不管。他说给儿子自由的空间。

习语：

dump on： 对......吹毛求疵

支持范例：

Eg. It would be wise not to dump on anything.
不吹毛求疵或批评将是明智的。

Eg. It would be silly to dump on a gift.
对礼物吹毛求疵是愚蠢的。

Eg. At the bottom of her heart she despised the other people, who dumped on trifles.
她在心底里蔑视其他人，他们专在小事上吹毛求疵，小题大作。

Eg. As soon as I presented my argument, he began to dump on it.
我一提出我的论据,他就开始吹毛求疵了。

Eg. We ought not to begin by dumping on everything.
我们不应当一开始就对一切事情采取吹毛求疵的态度。

英语学习笔记：

1.mind one’s own business：做自己的本分事情

Eg. He was sensible enough to mind his own business.
他很聪明，不管别人闲事。

Eg. He asked me if I was married, so I told him to mind his own business.
他问我结婚了没有，我叫他少管闲事。

Eg. As he was always interfering, I told him to mind his own business.
因他常来干涉，我叫他少管闲事。

Eg. Why can't you mind your own business, and let me mind mine?
你干嘛不去管你自己的事，偏要来管我的事呢

2.put up with：忍耐，忍受

Eg. I can' t put up with your hypocrisy any more.
我再也不能容忍你的虚伪态度了。

Eg. He said he could not put up with such internal sabotage any longer.
他说，他再也不能忍受这种从内部来的阴谋活动了。

Eg. You would need to be a saint to put up with her children.
只有圣人才能容忍她的那几个孩子。

Eg.Your boss is an absolute dictator and I don't know how you guys put up with it.
你们的老板是一个十足的大独裁者，我不知道你们这些人怎能容忍。

3.give sb a free hand：给予某人自由发挥的空间

Eg. Mr. Lodge will give Miss King a free hand in preparing the dance.
洛奇先生将让金小姐以全权筹备舞会。

Eg. He was inclined to give them a free hand.
他倾向于放手让他们干。

Eg. How about give him a free hand and see how it will turn out?
这样好不好放手让他去干，然后看看结果如何。