3分鐘學(xué)英語(yǔ) [269]:英文"想家"怎么說?可別說成think home喲
It is also lonely among men.
I can carry you further than any ship could take you. I can help you someday,if you grow too home-sick for your own planet.
知識(shí)點(diǎn)筆記：
Home-sick
想家，思鄉(xiāng)
【例句一】
I'm home-sick.
我想家了。
【例句二】
A: What's wrong?
你怎么了?
B: Nothing, I'm just a little home-sick. I miss my mom's cooking is all.
沒事，我就是有點(diǎn)想家。我想我媽媽做的飯了。
例句中有一個(gè)口語(yǔ)非正式表達(dá)：
...is all.
某件事情就是我想說的
比如我們可以說：
You're funny is all.
你就是很奇怪嘛。
Grow home-sick
越來越想家/開始想家
【例句一】
I've been growing home-sick lately. I haven't been back home in over 2 years.
我最近越來越想家了。我已經(jīng)2年多沒回家了。
【例句二】
If you grow home-sick, just call your family.
如果你開始想家了，就給你家里人打電話唄。
繼續(xù)劇情：
That was double scary, huh?
真是雙倍的嚇人啊。
Triple and quadruple.
三倍和四倍的。
Triple
三倍
它既可以作為形容詞，也可以作為動(dòng)詞，比如：
【例句一】
I'll give you triple amount of the money.
我會(huì)給你三倍的價(jià)錢。
【例句二】
I can help you triple your test score if you study with me.
如果你跟我一起學(xué)習(xí)，我能讓你的考試分?jǐn)?shù)乘三。
【例句三】
Al tripled his initial offer to buy my bike. I think I'm gonna take it.
Al給出了他初始價(jià)格的三倍來買我的自行車，我想我要接受這個(gè)價(jià)格了。
Quadruple
四倍
它也有動(dòng)詞和形容詞的表達(dá)。
【例句一】
Why are we paying quadruple the price for an inferior product?
我們?yōu)槭裁匆獮橐粋€(gè)爛產(chǎn)品付4倍的錢?
【例句二】
I got rid of a lot of furniture in my apartment and quadrupled the space.
我公寓里的很多家具都被我扔了，空間擴(kuò)大了四倍。
