Situational Words and Phrases 情景詞匯
1.depressing a. 沉悶的,令人沮喪的
A: They failed the game! Haw depressing!
甲:他們箱了這場比賽。真掃興!
B: Really? it's unbelievable
乙:真的嗎?太難以置信了!
2.despair n. 失望,絕望
A: How's your colleague?
甲:你的同事怎么樣?
B: He is in despair. All hope is gone.
乙:他絕望了,希望都破滅了。
3.despondent a. 甲失望的,喪氣的
A: You look despondent. What's wrong?
甲:你的樣子很沮喪。怎么了?
B: The boss's fired me.
乙:老板把我解雇了。
4.disappointed a. 使失望的
A: I'm disappointed in you!How would you have lied like that?
甲:我對你感到失望!你怎么能這樣撒謊?
B: I' m terribly sorry, please forgive me.
乙:非常抱歉,請?jiān)徫摇?/p>
5.disappointment n. 失望
to sb's disappointment 使某人失望的是……
A: I've decided to be a doctor, mom.
甲:媽媽,我決定當(dāng)醫(yī)生。
H: You've been a disappointment to your dad; he wanted you to be a lawyer.
乙:你一直令你爸爸失望;他想讓你當(dāng)律師。
6.dismay n./v. 沮喪
A: I noticed that he read his exam results with dismay.
甲:我往意到他沮喪地看著自己的考試成績。
B: Did he say why he had failed the exam?
乙:他說沒說為什么考試沒及格?
7.doom v. 注定,使遭惡運(yùn)
A: I have a feeling that they're doomed.
甲:我覺得他們注定要失敗。
B: They're hopeless.
乙:真是無可救藥了。
8.get one's hopes too high 期望值過高
A: Could they pass their driving test?
甲:他們能通過駕駛考試嗎?
B: Well,don't get your hopes too high.
乙:你不要期望得太高。
9.gloomy a. 抑郁的,悲觀的
A: What do you think of his economic forecast?
甲:你覺得他對經(jīng)濟(jì)的預(yù)測怎么樣?
B: I don't. like such a gloomy forecast.
乙:我不喜歡這樣悲觀的預(yù)測。
10.happy-go-lucky 樂天的,無憂無慮的
A: Maybe Peter doesn't take life seriously. He always seems to be happy-go-lucky.
甲:也許他對待生活不嚴(yán)肅認(rèn)真。彼德好像總是無優(yōu)無慮的。
B : Yes, he never seems to have anything to worry about. He's always carefree.
乙:是的,他好像從來沒有什么可擔(dān)優(yōu)的。他總是無優(yōu)無慮的。
11.hold out too mach hope for 抱很大希望
A: I don't hold out too much hope for bonus this year.
甲:我對本年度獎(jiǎng)金不抱多大希望。
B: Neither do I.
乙:我也是。
12.letdown n. 失望
A: The ending of the story was a real letdown.
甲:故事的結(jié)局真令人失望。
B: It's a waste of time to see such a film.
乙:看這樣的電影真是浪費(fèi)時(shí)間。
13.optimistic a. 樂觀的,樂觀主義的
A: What do you think of the future of your country?
甲:你覺得你們國家的前途怎么樣?
B: I'm optimistic about the country's economic future though it has beets affected by the economic crisis of Southeast Asia.
乙:我們國家雖然受到東南亞經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)的影響,但我對我們國家的經(jīng)濟(jì)前途持樂觀態(tài)度。
14.pessimistic a. 悲觀的
A: Are you sure of getting the well-paid job?
甲:你確信能得到那份高薪的工作嗎?
B: No, I'm still pessimistic about my chances of getting it.
乙:不,我對于自己能否得到那份工作還很悲觀。
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