●不满和牢骚时
啊呸!真见鬼!
Oh, heck! *heck表示有点灰心和失望。
Oh, heck! I failed the test. (噢,见鬼!没考及格。)
Oh, darn!
Oh, no!
什么!
Shucks! *承认自己的错误,或回应别人对自己的不满时。
Where is your homework? (你的作业在哪儿呢?)
Shucks! I forgot it at home. (哎呀!我忘在家里了。)
真见鬼!
Shoot! *表示厌恶、激怒、惊奇等。常用来表示事情并不像自己所想像的那样顺利时。
Shoot! I Missed the train. (真见鬼!我没赶上电车。)
Sheesh!
他妈的!
Shit! *听起来很低级。shoot是shit的委婉说法。
啊!糟了!
Uh-oh. *表示“不好”、“糟了”,带有惊讶的语气。
Did you bring the book I lent you? (你借我的书带来了吗?)
Uh-oh. I forgot. (啊,糟了,我忘了。)
有的事是行不通的。
Not everything is logical. *logical “合逻辑的”、“合乎道理的”。
Everything isn't always logical.
Not everything follows the rules of logic.
(金钱)全都浪费了。
It went down the drain. *drain “排水管”。
How was the investment? (投资的那个项目怎么样?)
It went down the drain. (全都白搭了。)
就差那么一点儿。
I almost made it. *用almost表示“差一点儿就……”。
The train just left. (电车刚走。)
I almost made it. (就差那么一点儿。)
I was almost on time.
I was just a little late. (就晚了那么一点儿。)
想点儿办法吧!
Do something!
Our house is a mess? (我们的家真乱。)
So, do something! (那,你就收拾收拾吧。)
Do something about it!
Please do something about it.(请想点儿办法吧!)
Please take care of it for me.(请为我处理一下儿吧。)