“瞧不起”和“崇拜”这两个意思相反的词,在英文表达中又有哪些不同和联系呢?
今日知识点:
英语中有很多看似简单的小词其实都有大用,常用又实用。今天就来给大家讲一个万用的动词Look
Look的固定搭配非常多,大家一起来复习一下吧~
Look的常用固定搭配:
Look for 寻找
Look after 照顾
Look around 看看周围
Look through 浏览
同义词 go through
Look out 小心
同义词 watch out
Look down on someone 瞧不起某人
注意介词:on
She looks down on me because she went to Harvard and I went to a community college. 你瞧不起我因为她去的是哈佛,而我去的是社区大学。
My parents looked down on my girlfriend in the beginning because she was from the countryside. 我的父母一开始瞧不起我女朋友,因为她是乡下来的。
学会了“瞧不起某人”的英文说法,再来看看“崇拜某人”怎么说吧~
Look up to someone 敬仰某人,崇拜某人
注意介词:to
Everyone in our group looks up to you. They think you're the greatest. Don't let them down. 我们组里的所有人都很崇拜你,他们觉得你是最棒的,可别让他们失望啊。
英文中“让某人失望”除了大家都知道的 Make someone disappointed 还可以用句子中的 Don't let them down 来表达哟~
When I was a kid, I really looked up to my dad. He taught me everything I know. 我小的时候,我特别崇拜我的爸爸。我会的所有东西都是他教的。
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