英語口語練習小對話 第97期:吹毛求疵
迷你對話：
A:My son is alway complaining that Idump onhim. He was very rude and told me to mind my own business. I cannot put up with that.
我的兒子總是抱怨我對他太挑剔了，他很不客氣，讓我管好自己就行了，我真是受不了。
B:What does his dad say?
他爸爸怎麼說的？
A:John is a peacemaker. He simply doesn’t bother. He says he should give him a free hand.
John是個老好人，根本就不管。他說給兒子自由的空間。
地道表達：
dump on： 對......吹毛求疵
支持範例：
Eg. It would be wise not to dump on anything.
不吹毛求疵或批評將是明智的。
Eg. It would be silly to dump on a gift.
對禮物吹毛求疵是愚蠢的。
Eg. At the bottom of her heart she despised the other people, who dumped on trifles.
她在心底裏蔑視其他人，他們專在小事上吹毛求疵，小題大作。
Eg. As soon as I presented my argument,he began to dump on it.
我一提出我的論據,他就開始吹毛求疵了。
Eg. We ought not to begin by dumping on everything.
我們不應當一開始就對一切事情采取吹毛求疵的態度。
詞海拾貝：
1.mind one’s own business：做自己的本分事情
Eg. He was sensible enough to mind his own business.
他很聰明，不管別人閒事。
Eg. He asked me if I was married, so I told him to mind his own business.
他問我結婚了沒有，我叫他少管閒事。
Eg. As he was always interfering, I told him to mind his own business.
因他常來干涉，我叫他少管閒事。
Eg. Why can't you mind your own business, and let me mind mine?
你幹嘛不去管你自己的事，偏要來管我的事呢？
2.put up with：忍耐，忍受
Eg. I can' t put up with your hypocrisy any more.
我再也不能容忍你的虛僞態度了。
Eg. He said he could not put up with such internal sabotage any longer.
他說，他再也不能忍受這種從內部來的陰謀活動了。
Eg. You would need to be a saint to put up with her children.
只有聖人才能容忍她的那幾個孩子。
boss is an absolute dictator and I don't know how you guys put up with it.
你們的老闆是一個十足的大獨裁者，我不知道你們這些人怎能容忍。
3.give sb a free hand：給予某人自由發揮的空間
Eg. Mr. Lodge will give Miss King a free hand in preparing the dance.
洛奇先生將讓金小姐以全權籌備舞會。
Eg. He was inclined to give them a free hand.
他傾向於放手讓他們幹。
Eg. How about give him a free hand and see how it will turn out?
這樣好不好放手讓他去幹，然後看看結果如何。
