英语老师瑶瑶

【摩登家庭】“我昨晚真的是昏了头。”

【句子】I really lost my head last night.  【Desperate Housewives S02E09】

【发音】/aɪ/ /ˈrɪə.li/ /ˈriː.əli/ /lɒst/ /lɑːst/ /maɪ/ /hed/ /lɑːst/ /læst/ /naɪt/

【发音技巧】lost my不完全爆破;last night不完全爆破;

【翻译】我昨晚真的是昏了头。

【适用场合】

今天我们来学习一下英文中lose one's head这个词组的用法和意义,

这个短语的字面的意思是:“丢掉某个人的头”;我们一般常用它的引申意味,也就是“情绪失控、失去理智”这样的意思;

to become unable to act in a calm or sensible way;

eg: You need to calm down before you talk to Larry. You don't want to lose your head before finding out his side of the story.

在和拉里谈话之前,你需要先冷静下来。在了解他的说法之前,你最好先别失去理智。

eg: I'm sorry, I lost my head out there. There's no excuse for what I said.

很抱歉,我刚才失控了。我说出那样的话不可原谅。

eg: When the fire alarm went off, some people lost their heads and ran towards the exits in a panic.

火警响起时,一些人惊慌失措,慌乱地跑向出口。

eg: Don't lose your head. Just stay calm and tell me what happened.

别慌。保持冷静,告诉我发生了什么事情。

【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】

It was a very stressful situation, but the team leader never lost his head.