美国习惯用语-第788:流感
<p>在工作中遇到一个好上司是件非常幸运的事儿。我有个朋友，没这么幸运，赶上个火爆脾气的上司。</p><p>昨天，我朋友在工作上出了点小差错，就被上司叫进办公室臭骂了一顿。这位上司大吼大叫，已经超出了批评下属的程度，简直可以用一个习惯用语来形容，那就是: <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="vengeance">vengeance</span>.</p><p><span word="Vengeance">Vengeance</span>是“报复”的意思，<span word="With">With</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="vengeance">vengeance</span>, 这个短语指猛烈地，激烈地。我朋友的上司教训人时态度恶劣, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="shouted">shouted</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="vengeance">vengeance</span>，对着别人好一顿暴风骤雨的吼叫。</p><p>真的有这个必要么？或许这位上司应该学学怎么管好自己的脾气，向下面这段话中的这位妈妈学习。人家看见自己儿子的房间又脏又乱，却没有暴跳如雷。我们一起来听听：</p><p>例句-1： <span word="When">When</span> <span word="mom">mom</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="apartment">apartment</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="couldnt">couldnt</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="filthy">filthy</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="vacuuming">vacuuming</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="proceeded">proceeded</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="scrub">scrub</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="inch">inch</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="room">room</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="hours">hours</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="stopped">stopped</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="cleaned">cleaned</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="vengeance">vengeance</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="hardly">hardly</span> <span word="recognize">recognize</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="place">place</span>!</p><p>这段话是说：我妈来到我的公寓时，简直不能相信这里有多脏。于是，她开始吸尘打扫，又把屋子的每个角落都擦洗了一遍。她一直干了四个小时，一刻不停。她可真是用尽全力做了回大扫除。 经她这么一弄，我都快认不出自己的家了!</p><p>真是个好妈妈! 把儿子的活儿都包了。不过，也有可能这个妈妈是个<span word="Clean">Clean</span> <span word="Freak">Freak</span>， 洁癖狂。<span word="Freak">Freak</span>指的是对某件事强烈执着的人，它可以和很多词搭配使用。比如，有洁癖的人是<span word="clean">clean</span> <span word="freak">freak</span>, 要求东西绝对摆放整齐的人是, <span word="neat">neat</span> <span word="freak">freak</span>, 过分要求别人语法正确的人是, <span word="grammar">grammar</span> <span word="freak">freak</span>。</p>
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