A: What is up?
出什么事了?
B: Look at the dishes! I have told you three times to put away these dishes. But now...
你看看这写盘子!我告诉过你把它们放一边。但现在......
A: Oh, don’t be angry. I just thought you might need them sometime.
哦,别生气。我是想你什么时候需要它们的。
B: I have told you that I don’t need them any more. The thing that really annoys me is that you played dumb with me.
我说过我不再需要它们的,真正使我恼火的是你把我的话当做耳边风。
地道表达:
play dumb
解词释义:
to pretend to be ignorant of something,翻译为“装聋作哑” 装傻充楞 。
联想记忆:
play ignorant/play possum
支持范例:
I know you were only playing dumb and actually you know the truth.
我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已,其实你是知道真相的。
He is not a wise man who cannot play dumb upon occasions.
不会在必要的情况下装傻的人,不是聪明人。
Speak! Stop playing dumb.
你说呀,装什么哑巴?
词海拾贝:
put away:放好,收好
范例:Her bed was crisply made, her clothes put away.
她的床收拾得很整洁,衣服也收起来了。
This vase wasn't wiped out properly before it was put away.
这个花瓶没擦干净就收起来了。
Put away the tools after work, will you?
工作结束后请把工具收拾好。
Put away all the paper. Don't let it get blown about.
把纸收起来,别叫风给刮散了。
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