英语情景对话:
A: There must be something weighing on your mind. What is it?
你好像有心思。是什么呀?
B: Dad, I lost mum’s necklace. I’m afraid she will scold me.
爸爸,我把妈妈的项链弄丢了,我担心她会责备我的。
A: Don’t worry. I’ll buy a new necklace as some as the old one.
别担心了,我会买一条新的,和那个就的一模一样。
B: It is kind of you, Dad.
你真是太好了,爸爸。
对话精讲
【核心短语】
weigh on your mind
【解词释义】
weigh作为动词,本义是“称重量”,另外有“压垮”或“成为负担”的意思。习语weigh on one mind就是指“压在某人心头成为某人的负担”。
【例句-1】
Don't let it weigh on your mind.
你不要因此背包袱。
【例句-2】
The fact that his daughter is going to marry a foreigner seems to weigh heavily on his mind
他女儿要和一个外国人结婚,这总使他感到心事重重的。
【例句-3】
It' s been weighing on my mind for days whether to tell her or not.
我这几天心烦意乱, 不知道应该不应告诉她。
【例句-4】
The matter weighed heavily on my mind.
这事沉重地压在我的心上。