詞組講解
1. feel compelled to do sth. / feel compelled ** 感覺必須做某事
解 習(xí)語;詞義溯源:感覺到[必須(compelled)]做某事
例 Frank feels compelled by his duty to the company to postpone his retirement.
2. feel dragged out ** 感到筋疲力盡,疲憊不堪
解 〈口〉習(xí)語;詞義溯源:感覺[筋疲力盡(dragged out)]
例 A day at the park with the kids left me feeling thoroughly dragged out.
3. feel fit ** 感覺身體良好
解 習(xí)語;詞義溯源:感覺身體狀態(tài)[好(fit)]
例 Drink Vita-Mix every day and you'll always feel fit.
4. feel free to do sth. / feel free ** (用以表示準(zhǔn)許)隨意做某事
解 〈口〉習(xí)語;詞義溯源:感覺[自由、不受約束(free)]
例 Feel free to use the phone if you need to make a call.
5. feel it beneath ** 感覺有失身份
解 習(xí)語;詞義溯源:感覺[有失身份(beneath)]
例 Even after he became president of Noah's Bakery, Mr. Barnes never felt it beneath him to help out in the kitchen.
6. feel like a million dollars ** (身體或心理)狀態(tài)好
解 習(xí)語;詞義溯源:感覺[像(like)]100萬[美元(dollars)]
例 After a long hot bath in the Jacuzzi, I felt like a million dollars.
7. feel like a new person ** (尤指康復(fù)或打扮后)感覺煥然一新
解 習(xí)語;詞義溯源:感覺像成為了一個(gè)[新的人(new person)]
例 You ought to quit smoking. You'll feel like a new person if you do.
8. feel like doing sth. / feel like sth. ** 想要(做)某事物
解 習(xí)語;詞義溯源:感覺[想要(like)](做)某事
例 Do you feel like watching a video or something on TV?
I feel like a walk. Why don't we take a walk around the neighborhood?
9. feel out of place ** 感覺不自在
解 習(xí)語;詞義溯源:認(rèn)為[脫離(out of)]了自己應(yīng)在的[位置(place)]
例 Many immigrants fail to assimilate and always feel out of place in America.
10. feel put upon ** 感覺被騙或被利用
解 習(xí)語;詞義溯源:感覺[被欺騙、被利用(put upon)]
例 I'm afraid Lisa will feel put upon if I ask her to babysit for us again.
11. feel sb. out *** 試著了解某人的意見或態(tài)度
解 〈口〉短語動(dòng)詞;詞義溯源:感覺[出(out)]某人
例 Frank has gone over to Glaxco's headquarters to feel them out on the idea.
12. feel 〔know〕 sth. in one's bones ** 感到;對某事有直覺
解 〈口〉習(xí)語;詞義溯源:從某人的[骨頭(bones)]里感覺到
例 We're going to lose today's game. I can just feel it in my bones.
13. feel up to sth. / feel up to doing sth *** 認(rèn)為有能力做某事
解 短語動(dòng)詞;詞義溯源:感覺能夠[承受(up to)]
例 You look really tired. Are you sure you're feeling up to reviewing this report right now?
參考譯文
1. 弗蘭克感到出于對公司的責(zé)任,他必須延遲退休。
2. 在公園里跟孩子們玩了一天,讓我感覺疲憊不堪。
3. 每天喝維他混合飲料,時(shí)刻都有好身體。
4. 如果你需要,電話可以隨便用。
5. 即便在成為諾厄面包廠的董事長之后,巴恩斯先生也從來沒有覺得在廚房幫忙有失身份。
6. 用按摩浴缸里痛痛快快地洗了個(gè)熱水澡后,我感覺神清氣爽。
7. 你應(yīng)該戒煙。如果你能做到,你會(huì)感覺自己煥然一新。
8. 你想看影碟還是看電視?
我想去走走。我們在附近散散步怎么樣?
9. 許多移民無法融入美國社會(huì),在美國總是感覺不自在。
10. 如果我再讓莉薩為我們看孩子的話,我擔(dān)心她會(huì)感覺我們利用她。
11. 弗蘭克去了格拉克思科總部,想摸清楚他們對這個(gè)主意的態(tài)度。
12. 我們今天的比賽會(huì)輸。我有預(yù)感。
13. 你看起來很累。你確定現(xiàn)在能夠?qū)彶閳?bào)告嗎?