1 to be in a rut:是指对每天同样的工作或是墨守成规一成不变的习惯,感到单调乏味 After thirty years of the same job, he feels he is in a rut.(干了卅年同样的工作,他觉得枯燥乏味。) 所以要放弃单调枯燥的生活方式,就是 to get out of the rut. 例如: If you hate your old job, you need to get out of the rut.(假如你不喜欢你的老工作,你就要走出乏味的日子。) 2. to be fed up with : 意思是对某人或某事感到讨厌或厌倦(to get tired of; to be disgusted or to get sick of); 例如: I am fed up with his constant complaints.(他常常的抱怨令我厌烦。) We all became fed up with his long speech.(他的长篇演说我们都觉得讨厌。) The husband has been fed up with his wifes nagging.(老公对老婆的唠叨感到厌烦。) 如果只用「to be fed up」也可以: I will not wait for her; I am fed up. 可见这句俚语似乎有「被动味道」,如果用 feed,意思又不同了 例如: The mother will feed the baby with milk.(母亲喂婴儿牛奶。) The cattle feed on grass (feed 是不及物动词) 但是 The cattle were fed with the grass by the farmer.(农夫用草喂牛。) ; |