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Don't monkey around with me 不让猴子围着你?别胡闹了

昨天开会,有一个同事迟到了一刻钟才来,一进门儿她就赶紧跟大伙儿解释,原来是她那个五岁的熊孩子在家捣蛋,把她的汽车钥匙藏在了马桶里.....呵呵,相信家里有个这样的熊孩子,也的确够让人喝一壶的!

Don't monkey around with me 不让猴子围着你?别胡闹了

今天就跟大家说一下这个“胡闹、捣蛋”用英语怎么来地道表达---monkey around,哈哈,真的很形象有没有?!如果有个猴子老在你身边上蹿下跳地折腾,不是胡闹才怪!

Don't monkey around with me 不让猴子围着你?别胡闹了

monkey around with / monkey around

【En】Do not try to trick me or tell me a lie; do not try to make a fool out of me; don't try to manipulate my emotions. 不要试图欺骗我或对我说谎;别想愚弄我; 不要试图操纵我的情绪。To touch, change, or treat something in a careless or harmful way. 粗心地或有害地触摸、改变或处理某物。To behave in a silly and annoying way. 举止行为愚蠢而令人讨厌。

v. 胡闹;戏弄;闲混;打发时间;鬼混;乱动;捣蛋;瞎玩;瞎折腾;胡乱触摸;随意改变;随意恶劣对待;自找麻烦; 惹是生非

Don't monkey around with me 不让猴子围着你?别胡闹了

【例】Don't monkey around here, boys!

孩子们,不要在这里捣蛋。

【例】It's dangerous to monkey around in passageway.

在楼道里打闹是很危险的。

【例】Listen, pal, don't monkey around with me! Either pay your debts on time or we'll have to repossess your home.

听着,老兄,别跟我耍花招! 你要不按时还债,要不我们就得收回你的房子。

【例】You boys better not monkey around when I'm gone.

你们这些小家伙最好别在我走的时候四处捣蛋。

Don't monkey around with me 不让猴子围着你?别胡闹了

【例】Don't monkey around here. I've got a lot of works to do.

少在这儿捣蛋,我还有许多工作要做呢。

【例】It's dangerous to let the child monkey around with matches.

让孩子乱玩火柴太危险了。

【例】They shouldn't start monkeying around with the Constitution.

他们不应该随意改变宪法。

【例】The children were bored and started monkeying around.

孩子们都感到厌烦了,开始胡闹。

【例】Don't monkey with the TV.

别瞎弄电视。

【例】Don't monkey around with me—did I win the award or not?

别跟我胡闹了——我得奖了没有?

Don't monkey around with me 不让猴子围着你?别胡闹了

下面大家再来听段儿相关的例子,加深下印象吧!

Monkey around 惹是生非


Don't monkey around with me 不让猴子围着你?别胡闹了

今天我们要讲的习惯用语有一个共同的词,monkey。也许大家都熟悉这个词。它的意思是猴子。说到猴子人们就会想到它上窜下跳、好动不安分的样子。我们要学的第一个习惯用语跟猴子这个特点有关: monkey around。 Monkey around这个习惯用语里monkey是当动词用的。我们见到猴子老在东蹦西跳、攀上爬下似乎忙得不亦乐乎,却又搞不出个名堂来。这个习惯用语的出典就在这儿。它可以用来指有些人老爱干些无聊的事儿;他们乐在其中,却是徒劳无益。例如有这样一个小伙子Bob:

【例】Bob spends his time monkeying around with his friends in a shopping mall, just standing there talking and watching the girls walk by.

Bob这人够无聊的,老是跟朋友一块站在商场里闲聊,并张望走过的那些女孩儿。

Don't monkey around with me 不让猴子围着你?别胡闹了

这里的monkey around意思就是做无聊事儿。但是有时候monkey around表示的意思比无聊还要严重。比方说在下面的例子里。这是一个朋友在忠告他的大学同学:别追错了女朋友。

【例】Pete, I've got to tell you: you're asking for big trouble when you monkey around with that girl -- you know she's engaged to that tough football player, and I hear he has a hot temper.

他说:Pete, 我得告诉你:你围著那女孩团团转可是在自找麻烦。知道吗?那女孩已经跟那厉害的足球运动员订了婚,听说她未婚夫是个火爆性子。

那位小姐已经名花有主,跟足球队员订了婚,但是Pete却还对她献殷勤,看来这不仅徒劳无益处,还会惹麻烦。可见这里的monkey around含义是所作所为不仅毫无意义,而且还会惹是生非。

Don't monkey around with me 不让猴子围着你?别胡闹了

Don't monkey around with me 不让猴子围着你?别胡闹了

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