英语口语练习小对话 第670期:把......激怒

Subject：This really burns our boss up.

迷你对话

A: This really burns our boss up. He seems so angry.

这件事情的确激怒了我们的老板，他看起来非常生气。

B: Yes. We should be careful from now on.

嗯，从现在开始，我们必须得小心行事。

地道表达

burn sb. up

1. 地道表达

Burn是“燃烧，烧着”的意思，burn up可以作为“燃起来，旺起来”解，而burn sb up的字面意思是“把某人点燃了”，引申为“使得某人发怒”。给惹怒的对方的怒气程度要比angry,mad这些词语要强烈。

2. 例句

e.g. That would just burn me up. Isn't that the worst, having somebody talk behind your back?

如果换我的话，那简直会气炸的。世界上难道还有比人家在您背后造谣生事还恶劣的事吗？

e.g. It's those little things left undone that would burn me up if I knew that my hours were limited.

假如我知道我的时间不多了，那些没来得及做的小事会让我恼火。