口语俚语高频词汇
"jerk详解"
我们在口语中经常听到jerk这个词,意思很多,今天我们来讲解jerk的常见用法。
如果说某个人是个jerk,意思一般有4种:
1,笨蛋,蠢货
2,性情古怪的人
3,不懂事,很粗鲁
4,无足轻重的人,不受欢迎的人
哈哈,看出来了吧,这是个贬义词,是说人不怎么样,不管哪个解释都不是好的。
词典中这样解释的:A foolish, rude, or contemptible person. 大家可以参考一下。
例句:
1,That guy is such a jerk. He told me I was fat. 那个家伙真不怎么样,竟敢说我胖。
2,My boss is a jerk. He always make us work very late every night and doesn't pay us for it. 我的老板人很差,他总让我们加班却不给加班费。
再来一个:
sinking feeling:感觉要出事,有不祥的预感
sinking是往下沉的意思,sinking feeling就是感觉要出事,有不祥的预感。
例句:
I have a sinking feeling that we're gonna lost the game today. (gonna=going to)
我有种不祥的预感,我们今天会输掉比赛。
As soon as I saw Celia I had a terrible sinking feeling. I knew she'd only have come if something was wrong.
我一看到西莉亚,就感觉要出事儿。我清楚没事她是不会来的。
I knew something was going to go wrong. I had a sinking feeling all yesterday that we weren't prepared.
我就知道要出事,昨天一整天我就有不祥的预感,我们并没有准备好。