英語口語練習小對話 第210期:渴望

迷你對話：

A: I’m itching for moving!

我真想搬家！

B: What’s the matter? What annoy you?

怎麼了？什麼惹着你了？

A: It’s so wet and dark, I’m fed up.

這裏又暗又溼，我都受夠了。

地道表達：

itch for

解詞釋義：

itch作爲動詞，原意是“發癢”，引申爲“渴望，渴求”，itch for是動詞性短語，它也可以做名詞性短語表達這個意思，和動詞have搭配，have an itch for。

支持範例：

We have been itching for good movie, so we went.

我們很想看一部好電影，於是我們就到電影院去了。

The lonely man has been itching for companionship.

這個孤獨的人渴望有人陪伴。

Many unknown writers have an inch for fame.

許多不知名的作家渴望成名。

We have to cure ourselves of having an itch for absolute knowledge and power.

我們必須排除想擁有絕對知識和絕對權利的慾望。

詞海拾貝：

fed up：膩煩

Eg. I'm fed up with waiting for her to telephone.

我等她的電話都等得不耐煩了。

Eg. Don't bother me, I'm already fed up.

不要煩我，我已一肚子氣了。

Eg. I was fed up with my boss' constant complaints.

我對於老闆不停的抱怨，我已經聽得煩不勝煩。

Eg. He got fed up with his job and chucked it in.

他對那份工作感到厭倦，辭掉不幹了。