英語口語練習(xí)小對話 第651期:擺架子
Subject：Don’t put on airs.
迷你對話
A: Don’t put on airs. Do something practical.
別擺架子了，做點實事吧。
B: Sir. I... I dare not next time.
老板，我......我下次不敢了。
地道表達
put on airs
1. 解詞釋義
Put on airs的字面意思是“把......放到空中”，引申為“裝腔作勢，擺架子，盛氣凌人”的意思。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. I didn't like to put on airs, and even less to have too many people catering to me.
我不喜歡擺架子, 更不愿讓人家興師動眾來照顧我。
e.g. She put on airs after marrying a millionaire.
自從嫁了百萬富翁后,她就擺起架子。
e.g. You shouldn't put on airs even if you were in charge.
即便你當頭頭，也不該擺架子。
