A: Why are you going out with Andy?
你為什么和Andy出去呢?
B: Because I like him.
因?yàn)槲蚁矚g他。
A: Me, too. I think he’s really a shoulder to cry on.
我也是,我認(rèn)為他有同情心。
對話精講
【核心短語】a shoulder to cry on
【解詞釋義】該習(xí)語屬于動(dòng)詞性短語,cry on somebody’s shoulder意思是“乞求別人的同情或安慰,向某人傾述痛苦”。所以a shoulder to cry on的意思則是“富有同情心的人,可依靠的人”。
【典型范例1】She's just broken up with her boyfriend so she needed a shoulder to cry on.
她剛剛和男朋友決裂了,需要向人哭訴,尋求慰藉。
【典型范例2】He was a fatherly shoulder to cry on when things went wrong.
當(dāng)出現(xiàn)問題時(shí),他是一個(gè)像父親一樣可以向其傾訴的人。