英语口语练习小对话 第516期:惹怒;激怒
迷你对话
A: Where is the professor? I have to ask her about aquestion.
教授在哪儿呢?我有一个问题问他。
B: She is sleeping in the office. You had better notdisturb her. Otherwise, you will give the professorfits.
她在睡觉，你最好别去吵他，否则他会把教授惹火的。
地道表达
give sb fits
1. 解词释义
Fit的意思是“合适的”“适合于......的”。Fit做名词时，有一个意思是“愤怒或失望之类的情绪反应，发作”。因此，give sb fits的意思是“令某人恼怒”，其英文解释为：make someone angry。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. You got me fits because the matter like that hardly ever happened to me.
你使我生气了，在我身上几乎从没发生过这样的事情。
e.g. I don't perceive the silly smiles and grimaces that gives me fits.
起初我还没理会那使我生气的痴笑和怪相。
e.g. He was got fits by criticizing my best friend and almost hit him.
他非难我最好的朋友真使我生气，差一点揍他。
e.g. I'm pretty thick-skinned. You're not going to give me fits.
我的脸皮很厚，你不会使我生气的。
Ps：ask somebody about something的意思是“询问某人某事”。例如：
I still feel a little embarrassed when people ask me about my new job.
当人们问我新工作，我仍然觉得有些尴尬。
Didn't you hear me ask him about the slave trade last night?
昨天晚上你没听见我向他打听贩卖奴隶的事情吗?
