Welcome to English in a Minute from home.
欢迎来到居家版《一分钟英语》栏目。
If you are outside in really cold weather, you could freeze!
如果外面天气很冷,你还呆在外面,那你可能会冻僵!
Let's learn about this idiom.
今天我们就来学一个与之相关的俚语。
Freeze someone out.
Freeze someone out。
I got my invitation to Rebecca's wedding. Did you?
我收到了丽贝卡婚礼的请柬。你呢?
No, I didn't. I know what she's doing.
我没有收到。我知道她在干什么。
She's trying to freeze me out of our friend's group.
她想把我排挤出我们的朋友圈。
She's not freezing you out, Anna.
她没有排挤你,安娜。
It's been hard for any of us to see each other because of... you know, the pandemic.
我们彼此见面都很困难,因为...你知道的,这场疫情。
To freeze someone out means to not include them.
To freeze someone out的意思是不接纳某人。
If you freeze a person out, you might act mean to them or simply not invite them to events.
如果你排挤一个人的话,你可能会对他表现得很刻薄,或者是不邀请他们参加活动。
Like being kept outside in the cold, it does not feel good to be frozen out.
就像被扔在寒冷的室外一样,被别人排挤的感觉并不好。
And that's English in a Minute.
以上就是本期的《一分钟英语》。