每日一句英譯英:I was stood up
有人把I was stood up last night翻譯成中文「理解」:昨晚被放鴿子了。
可是,作為學習英語的學生,這樣「學」我們「總覺得少了什麼」。
英譯英能力的訓練以及「我不知道它的英語意思是什麼?」
1) I was stood up英語體驗:
1. I'm sorry I stood you up, but I had a family emergency last night.
2. Tom is really bad about standing up his dates.
3. We were to have had dinner together yesterday evening, but he stood me up.
4. He was in a foul mood(big word=feel sad) because he had been stood up.
2) I was stood up英譯英:
1. Okay.I got you. If a boyfriend or girlfriend stands you up, or if you're stood up by your boyfriend or your girlfriend,they fail to keep an arrangement to meet you.They failed to(big word=did not)show up as they promised.
2.Okay.Got you.To stand someone up or to be stood up by someone means To fail to meet someonefor a date, meeting, or appointment, especially without telling them.
我們不僅要記住to stand him up,記住中文「放鴿子」,我們更要記住它的英語意思。這才是真正的英語學習。