What's eating you? 不开心
<p><span word="Eat">Eat</span> 这个词除了表示"吃"以外，还有一个很有意思的用法，并且是在口语中常常用到的。是什么呢？下面我们就来看一下。 1. <span word="eat">eat</span> 使困扰；使不开心 <span word="A">A</span>: <span word="What">What</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="eating">eating</span> <span word="you">you</span>? <span word="You">You</span>'<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="quiet">quiet</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>.</p><p>什么事让你不开心呢？你整个上午都不说话。 <span word="B">B</span>: <span word="I">I</span> <span word="bombed">bombed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="exam">exam</span>. 我的期末考砸了！ "<span word="What">What</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="eating">eating</span> <span word="you">you</span>?"是个常常听到的俚语。当你觉得某个人好像为某事所困扰，以致整个人不大对劲，就可以用这句话来问他到底发生什么事了。"<span word="bomb">bomb</span>" 是个很有意思的词，它可以表示"完全的失败"，也可以表示"做得很好"。要看当时的情形来决定。 2. <span word="jazz">jazz</span> (<span word="something">something</span>) <span word="up">up</span> 让(一件事物/事情)变得有趣些 "不开心"当然不好，那要表示和它相反的意思，"让……有趣些"该怎么说呢？请看下文。 <span word="A">A</span>: <span word="What">What</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span>?</p><p>你觉得这怎么样？ <span word="B">B</span>: <span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="dead">dead</span>. <span word="Maybe">Maybe</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="add">add</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="graphics">graphics</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="jazz">jazz</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="up">up</span>.</p><p>有点闷。也许你可以加点图让它变得生动有趣些。 "<span word="jazz">jazz</span> (<span word="something">something</span>) <span word="up">up</span>" 是指"使一件原本可能有点沉闷的事变得有趣些"。比如：有人在一个冗长的会议里做些说些笑话之类的事，企图让大家从昏迷中醒来，就可以说"<span word="He">He</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="jazz">jazz</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span> <span word="up">up</span>."</p>
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