豆豆今天上班迟到,
一进公司居然发现boss迎头走过来,
豆豆脸都吓绿了,心想:
“我完了!”
“我完了”英语怎么说呢?
01
我完了≠I'm over, 为什么?
over做形容词意思是:finished (结束)
我们不能说某人over了,而应该说某件事over了。
比如,This semester is over.
这学期结束了。
02
“我完了”≠ I'm dead, 为什么?
在《老友记》中, Chandler在Rachel面前嘲笑Joey的工作, Joey回击到:He'sa dead man!他死定了!
所以,
Some's dead/someone's a dead man/woman...
在口语中不一定说这个人真的死了,而是在说:某人死定了。
You're dead!你死定了!
You're a dead man! 你死定了!
但是注意:
I'm dead≠我死定了。
意思:you say I'm dead when something is so funny that you laughed hard and you died. 笑死了
When I went out of thebathroom I found out it was for women.
当我从洗手间出来才发现我上的是女厕所。
I'm dead. Hahaha.
我笑死了。哈哈哈。
那“我完了”到底该怎么说呢?
03
I'm screwed.
“someone's screwed”意思是“XX搞砸了”,“XX完蛋了”。
Oh my! My daddy's car got a scratch. I'm screwed.
天哪! 我爸的车刮坏了。我完了!
How was your interview? 面试怎么样?
Oh, I was screwed. 我搞砸了。
04
I'm really in trouble now.
当XX处在困境中或有麻烦了,完蛋了,可以说:
someone's really introuble.
- Oh, I forgot to remind theboss for the meeting.
我忘记提醒老板开会了。
- You're in trouble now.
你完了!
Hey,look, I'm really introuble now. Can you lend me some money?
喂,听着,我现在有麻烦了。你能借我点钱吗?
除了I'm screwed和I'm really introuble. "我完了"英语还可以说:
I'm damned! 我完了!
I'm messed up now!我完了!