辦公室或教室等場(chǎng)合喧嘩吵鬧不堪,令人無(wú)法忍受時(shí),可大聲地喊出這個(gè)詞,強(qiáng)烈要求安靜。 當(dāng)然我們也可以用客氣但認(rèn)真的口吻來(lái)說(shuō):“Quiet, please.”(請(qǐng)安靜點(diǎn)。)
A:Hey,someone drank the last cola!
甲:嘿,有人把最后一罐可樂(lè)喝了!
B:I was thirsty.Stop complaining and go buy some more.
乙:我好渴。 別抱怨了,趕快去多買幾罐。
C:Quiet!I’m trying to study
丙:安靜! 我要讀書(shū)。
類似用語(yǔ)
Be quiet!
安靜!
Shh!
噓!
百寶箱
上列對(duì)話中,“Stop complaining.”表示“停止抱怨。”complain 可作及物或不及物動(dòng)詞。 作不及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),其后通常接介詞 about 或 of,形成“complain about/of +名詞或動(dòng)名詞”的句型。 而當(dāng) complain 作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),其后常接that 從句作賓語(yǔ)。
He often complains about his life.
(他時(shí)常抱怨其人生。)
The old man complains that he has had bad luck all his life.
(這位老先生抱怨他一生運(yùn)氣都不好。)