点滴英语天天学第321期:雅思词汇(161)

1. Expression：in one’s hair

Explanation：Annoying someone. （使人心烦，激怒某人）

Usage：它是一个介词短语，可以动词get连用表示“让某人心烦，激怒某人”的意思，即：get in one’s hair。也可以放于系动词后，即：be in one’s hair，表示“给某人搅得心烦意乱”这种状况。

Example：The kids are totally getting in my hair today, so I need you to take them out of the house for a little bit.

今天，孩子们让我非常心烦意乱，所以我需要你带他们出去一会儿。

The new intern has been in my hair all day so I don't know how I'm going to get my report finished before the deadline.

新来的实习生让我觉得很烦，所以我不知道我如何在最后期限完成我的报告。

You can watch what I am doing, but don't get in my hair.

你可以观看我在做什么，但是别打搅我。

I wish you wouldn't get in my hair when I was trying to do something.

我希望你在我尽力做事的时候不要打搅我。

A: Don’t always get in my hair!

别开烦我！

B: We are good friends, don’t we? Let me know about your trouble and may help you.

我们是好朋友，不是吗？让我知道你的烦恼，或许我能帮上忙。

2. Expression：get one’s goat

Explanation：To annoy or anger one. （激怒某人，惹怒某人）

Example：.I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get your goat.

对不起，我不是故意惹你生气的。

Jean got Sally's goat and Sally made quite a fuss about it.

Jean把Sally惹火了，于是Sally就小题大做起来了。

That guy just gets my goat every time he opens his mouth.

那家伙每次一开口就惹我生气。

3. Expression：against the hair

Explanation：Against the grain. （与某人的性格、感情或愿望等格格不入，有违本性）

Example：It really goes against the hair to have to go into the office at weekends.

我真不愿意周末还要上班。

It goes against the hair for me to accept money merely for giving somebody a help hand.

仅仅因帮助了某人而要接纳钱财与我的意愿相违的。

Such dishonesty goes against the hair.

如此的不诚实有违个人的本性。