生气
分类: 实用英语
让我们来划分一下愤怒的级别,如果angry是2星,那fury/indignation/wrath则是愤怒的最高级,fly into a fury意即勃然大怒。
此外,make one's blood boil(火冒三丈)和get on one's nerves(使某人烦燥不安)都是angry的升级版。
在这个容易让人焦虑的时代(age of anxiety),如何表达自己的愤怒,更好地解决不和谐,而不是一味地退缩容忍,变得越来越重要。
例子:搬新家了,可是不幸地碰上了烦人的邻居(annoying neighbors),该如何是好呢?
A:你如何与你的邻居独处?他们晚上还会发出这么大的噪音吗?
How do you get alone with your neighbors? Do they still make so much noise at night?
B:昨天晚上,他们的音乐开得太响了,我终于忍不了了,走过去对他们大喊大叫。
Last night they had their music turned on so loud that I finally just flipped out and went over there and yelled at them.
这里的flip out即be mad at sb.对某人生气的意思。