迷你對話
A: I knew when he had told me a sob story.
我后來才知道他說的都是假話。
B: He fooled you by telling you to enter the wrong classroom. That’s sick.
他在戲弄你,讓您走錯(cuò)教室,太過分了。
地道表達(dá)
a sob story
1. 解詞釋義
Sob是“哭泣”的意思,story就是“故事”,而sob story的意思是“某人編造一個(gè)令人傷心的故事來贏得別人的同情,甚至與欺騙別人,讓人給錢給他”。其英文解釋為:a sad story that is likely to draw tears。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. He set me up by telling me a sob story.
他講一個(gè)悲傷的故事給我聽,使我落入圈套。
e.g. The beggar told us a long sob story before she asked for money.
那個(gè)叫花子先給我們講了一個(gè)長而催人淚下的故事,然后向我們討錢。
e.g. My brother told me a real sob story,so I tend him$10.
我哥哥給我講了一個(gè)非常催人淚下的煽情故事,騙我借給他十塊錢。