3. I hate lying and cheating. 我讨厌撒谎和欺骗。
4. I hate being alone. 我讨厌孤独。
补充短语
take an aversion to... 讨厌……
10 I dislike my roommate.
我不喜欢我的室友。
常用单词
dislike [d?s'la?k] v. 不喜欢,讨厌
roommate ['r?mme?t] n. 室友
学学这样说
1. I hate junk food. 我讨厌垃圾食品。
2. I took an instant dislike to him. 我一见他就不喜欢。
3. I hate his guts. 我对他恨之入骨。
4. I disliked him for his arrogance. 我讨厌他的傲慢。
5. Smoking is my particular aversion. 我特别讨厌吸烟。
6. I dislike my roommate. 我不喜欢我的室友。
应用对话
Steven: I dislike my roommate. He really turns me off.
Frank: What happened? Did you have a fight?
史蒂文:我不喜欢我的室友,他太令人讨厌了。
弗兰克:发生了什么事?你们吵架了?
11 He has a disinclination for work.
他讨厌工作。
解析 ▲ have a disinclination for是动词词组,意思是“讨厌”,for是介词,后面跟被讨厌的对象。
学学这样说
1. She turned away in disgust. 她厌恶地把脸转开。
2. She cursed her unready tongue. 她讨厌她的不善言辞。
3. He hated red tape. 他讨厌繁文缛节。
4. He loathes washing dishes. 他讨厌洗盘子。
补充短语
in disgust 厌恶地
12 I took thefidence.
我对他们很信任。
常用单词
confidence ['k?nf?d?ns] n. 信任
学学这样说
1. I put reliance on him. 我相信他。
2. We must have faith in leaders. 我们要相信领导。
3. I trust my intuition. 我相信我的直觉。
4. He is worthy of your trust. 他值得你信任。
5. I trust you. 我信任你。
补充短语
put reliance on 相信
have faith in 相信
13 You can confide in her good faith.
你可以信任她的忠诚。
解析 ▲ confide in是一个动词词组,意思是“信任”,in后面跟名词或者名词词组。
学学这样说
1. I'm sure that he will win. 我确信他会获胜。
2. I'm sure of heavy rain this afternoon. 我确信今天下午有场大雨。
3. He can be relied on to keep secret. 相信他能保密。
4. I don't think there can be any doubt. 我认为一切毫无疑问。
补充短语
keep secret 保密
14 Do you believe in me?
你信赖我吗?
常用单词
believe [b?'li:v] v. 相信
学学这样说
1. Would you credit it? 你相信吗?
2. He has a distrust of strangers. 他不信任陌生人。
3. Kids are often very trustful. 小孩子往往容易轻信别人。
补充短语
have a distrust of 不相信,不信任
believe in 相信
15 Without confidence there is no friendship.
友谊源于信任。
常用单词
without [w?'ea?t] prep. 没有
friendship ['frend??p] n. 友谊,友爱
随机测验
Trust is the foundation ______ friendship.
A. of B. with C. from D. off
翻译
信任是友谊的基础。
答案:A
提示:be the foundation of是固定搭配,表示“是……的基础”。
16 It sounds fishy to me.
这听起来很可疑。
解析 ▲ 该句中的fishy意为“可疑的,值得怀疑的”,此外该词还可以表示“鱼腥味的,鱼味的”。
学学这样说
1. Are you sure? 你确定吗?
2. Are you serious? 你是认真的吗?
3. Do you mean it? 是真的吗?
4. Are you joking? 你开玩笑的吧?
5. I smell a rat. 我感觉很可疑。
补充短语
smell a rat 感到不妙,觉得可疑
17 I'm rather skeptical about their honesty.
我怀疑他们是否诚实。
解析 ▲ skeptical意为“怀疑的,好怀疑的”,be skeptical about指“对……怀疑”。而sceptical为其变形,两个单词都表达相同的意思。
常用单词
rather ['rɑ:e?(r)] adv. 相当,宁愿
honesty ['?n?st?] n. 诚实,正直
学学这样说
1. I doubt whether he'll e. 我怀疑他来不来。
2. We should discredit what he said. 我们应该怀疑他说的话。
3. I query whether he can be trusted. 我怀疑他是否可靠。
4. I am doubtful whether it is true. 我怀疑那是否真实。
5. They suspected him of giving false evidence. 他们怀疑他做了伪证。