昨天都到了下班儿的点儿了，办公室居然没一个人走的！我正要起身准备收拾，旁边的 Tony 一把拉住了我，一边儿朝老板那屋努嘴儿一边儿小声跟我嘀咕: "Be careful ! He's looking down in the mouth after his England football team lost… again." 看到这儿大家可能一下儿就都明白了，Tony 刚才是跟我说"小心呐！你没看见老板一直耷拉着个脸嘛.....就因为他那英格兰队这不又输了嘛!"

呵呵，有的英文短语就是这么形象，一看就能在脑海里映衬出一幅浓浓的画面感来~"down in the mouth"就是这个感觉！你想啊，这人要是成天拉长个脸，不是沮丧颓废就是郁闷消沉，所以用它来表示“愁眉苦脸、闷闷不乐”的低落情绪就再合适不过了！同时另一个词儿"down in the dumps"也是这个意思，因为"dumps"作名词讲时，就是"废物、垃圾场、忧郁"的意思，这下就更明白了吧！

down in the mouth

down in the dumps

愁眉苦脸; 情绪低落；垂头丧气；不高兴；郁闷的; 沮丧的 ; 消沉抑郁；神情沮丧；闷闷不乐的；

【En】in low spirits or unhappy. 情绪低落或不高兴的。if you are down in the mouth/dumps, you are feeling very depressed and miserable. 如果你 down in the mouth/dumps，意思是你感到非常沮丧和痛苦。very sad and without much interest in life. 非常悲伤，对生活没有太多兴趣。feel sad, depressed or discouraged. 感到悲伤、沮丧或气馁。

【Immersion Scenario Listening 沉浸情景听力】

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● Tim's looking very down in the mouth.

蒂姆看起来愁眉苦脸的。

● She's feeling a bit down in the dumps.

她情绪有点儿低落。

● She's feeling a bit down in the dumps and needs cheering up.

她情绪有点儿低落，需要振奋起来。

【Scenario Example 场景示例】

● Why do you look so down in the mouth today?

你今天看起来为什么这么垂头丧气的?

● He was no longer down in the mouth.

他不再愁眉苦脸了。

● I have, as you know, been slightly down in the mouth.

如你所知，我有点儿不高兴。

● I've been feeling a bit down in the mouth since I lost my job.

自从失业以来，我一直觉得心情有点低落。

● What's the matter with you? You look very down in the mouth.

你出什么事了？这么垂头丧气的？

● Molly's been moping around all week, and I have no idea why she's so down in the mouth.

莫莉整个星期都闷闷不乐，我不知道她为什么这么垂头丧气。

● As for George, I hear he's rather down in the mouth.

至于乔治，我听说他相当抑郁消沉。

● Tom's a bit down in the dumps. Let's try to cheer him up.

汤姆有点儿闷闷不乐的。让我们试着让他高兴起来。

● She's a bit down in the dumps because she failed one of her exams.

因为一门考试没有及格，她有点情绪低落。

● It was all very sad and everyone was down in the dumps.

她情绪有点低落，需要振奋起来。

● He was either down in the dumps or up high.

他不是情绪低落就是情绪高涨。

● You look down in the dumps, what has happened?

你看来很沮丧，究竟发生了什么事呢？

● She's been down in the dumps ever since she lost the match.

自从输了比赛以来，她一直闷闷不乐。

● What's wrong with him? He's so down in the mouth about everything.

他怎么了? 对任何事都那么垂头丧气的。

● Rob has been down in the dumps ever since Gloria broke up with him.

自从和格洛里亚分手后，罗布一直闷闷不乐。

● Try to be sources of support for each other when one of you is feeling down in the dumps.

当你们中的一方情绪低落时，试着尽力成为彼此的支持源泉。

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