迷你對話學地道口語第516期:惹怒;激怒

Subject：You will give the professor fits.

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迷你對話

A: Where is the professor? I have to ask her about a question.

教授在哪兒呢？我有一個問題問他。

B: She is sleeping in the office. You had better not disturb her. Otherwise, you will give the professor fits.

她在睡覺，你最好別去吵他，否則他會把教授惹火的。

地道表達

give sb fits

1. 解詞釋義

Fit的意思是“合適的”“適合於......的”。Fit做名詞時，有一個意思是“憤怒或失望之類的情緒反應，發作”。因此，give sb fits的意思是“令某人惱怒”，其英文解釋爲：make someone angry。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. You got me fits because the matter like that hardly ever happened to me.

你使我生氣了，在我身上幾乎從沒發生過這樣的事情。

e.g. I don't perceive the silly smiles and grimaces that gives me fits.

起初我還沒理會那使我生氣的癡笑和怪相。

e.g. He was got fits by criticizing my best friend and almost hit him.

他非難我最好的朋友真使我生氣，差一點揍他。

e.g. I'm pretty thick-skinned. You're not going to give me fits.

我的臉皮很厚，你不會使我生氣的。

Ps：ask somebody about something的意思是“詢問某人某事”。例如：

I still feel a little embarrassed when people ask me about my new job.

當人們問我新工作，我仍然覺得有些尷尬。

Didn't you hear me ask him about the slave trade last night?

昨天晚上你沒聽見我向他打聽販賣奴隸的事情嗎？