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●提醒
我得提醒一句。
Let me give you a piece of advice.
/ Let me tell you something.
/ I think you should know...
小心! Watch out!
*用于有险情时，“危险!”、“留神!”、“小心!”。
Thanks! You saved my life.
(谢谢你救了我一条命。)
/ Look out!/ Be careful!/ Heads up!
You’d better be careful!
/ Please be careful!
(请多加小心!)
/ You should be careful!
(你得多加小心!)
You should watch out! (你得留神!)
注意脚下。
Watch your step!
*用于提醒地滑，看不清楚楼梯等场合。常用于公共告示。
Watch your step!
(注意脚下。)
/ Oh, yeah? Why?
(噢?是吗?为什么?)
Mind your step.
/ Be careful where you walk.
/ Look where you’re going.
抓紧我。
/ Hold on to me tight.
/ Don’t let go!
(别松手!)
/ Hold me tightly.
要提防着点儿他!
Watch out for him!
/ Watch out for him!
(要提防着点儿他!)
/ Why? (为什么?)
Be careful of him.
/ Keep your eye on him.
这里有点儿蹊跷。
There’s a little catch.
*“小心有陷阱，圈套”。
/ That sounds easy.
(好像很简单。)
Well, there’s a little catch.
(可是，有点蹊跷。)
/ There’s something to it.
It’s not as easy as it sounds.
(并不像听起来的那么容易。)
三思而后行。
Think twice before you do it.
轻拿轻放。
/动作轻点儿。
Easy does it.
*表示“要小心谨慎地处理”易碎品或贵重物。
Easy does it, doesn’t drop the TV.
(动作轻点儿，小心别把电视掉下来。)
Don’t worry. I won’t.
(放心吧，掉不下来。)
/ Gently.
/ Be careful.
(小心啊!)
手下留情。
Please go easy on me.
*出自于新手和没有实力的人的口中。 也可用于体育运动go easy on... 常用于命令句， 表示“对……要手软”、 “对人或东西要珍惜”、 “对……要留有余地”。
It’s my first time, please go easy on me.
(我这是第一次，请手下留情。)
Alright, I’ll try.
(知道了，我会的。)
别操之过急。
Let’s not jump the gun.
*gun为“手枪”，而jump the gun是固定词组，表示比赛枪响前就跑出去的意思。即“抢跑”、“抢先……”之意。
I think I’ve got the job. Let’s celebrate!
(我想我已经找到了工作。我们来庆祝一下吧!)
Let’s not jump the gun.
(为之过早了吧。)
/ Let’s not be too hasty.
/ Let’s not rush into things.
Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
*“别在小鸡孵出之前就数鸡”，常用于口语中。
不要做得太过火。
Let’s not go overboard.
*go overboard “做过了”、“超限度”。
I bought four dozen eggs.
(我买了四打鸡蛋。)
/ Let’s not go overboard.
(别太离谱呀!)
Let’s not go too far.
/ Let’s not be extreme.
我们看情况再说。
Let’s wait and see how things go.
*用于各种情况。
/ Let’s wait and see.
别这么快下结论。
Don’t jump to conclusions!
*jump to conclusions直译是“随便下结论”，即“过早地下结论”、“贸然断定”。
/ So, I think she’s pregnant.
(所以，我想她已经怀孕了。)
Don’t jump to conclusions!
(别这么快地下结论。)
/ Don’t prejudge it!
(别凭想像判断。)
Don’t make assumptions!
(不能主观臆断。)
/ Don’t get the wrong idea.
(不要抱有那种错误想法。)
别那么自私。
Don’t be selfish.
*selfish “任性的，自私的，利己的”。
Don’t be self-centered.
/ Don’t be egotistical.
你的工作表现总是不稳定。
Your work is always inconsistent.
*inconsistent “不一致的”、“不稳定的”、“反复无常的”。
/ Your work is always erratic.
/ Your work is always patchy.
Your work is always uneven.
你不该随便乱花钱。
You shouldn’t spend money foolishly.
You should try to be thriftier.
(你该试着再节约些。)
/ You shouldn’t spend your money like water.
You shouldn’t waste your money.
(你不该那么浪费钱。)
You have an attitude problem.
(你的态度太恶劣了。)
Who are you to say that?
(你不是在说你自己吧。)
/ I don’t like your attitude.
You have a bad attitude.
/ You need to readjust your attitude.
别那么没有礼貌。
Don’t be so naughty.
*naughty “不听话，顽皮的，淘气的”。
Don’t do such naughty things.
/ Don’t be so bad.
/ Behave yourself!
(有点礼貌!)
请安静!
Hold it down!
/ Be quiet!
*用于一般情况下。
/ mKeep it down!
Keep it quiet!/ Silence!
*用于学校老师对学生。
Turn it down!
*对看电视或听收音机的人说的。turn down是“关小电视、收音机等的声音”。
嘘!(安静!) Hush!/ Shh.
太吵了。
It’s too noisy./ It’s too loud.
别丢人现眼了!
Don’t make a fool of yourself.
/ I’m going to dance.
(我想去跳舞。)
Don’t make a fool of yourself.
(别丢人现眼了!)
/ Don’t play the fool.
Don’t make an ass out of yourself.
/ Stop acting like a fool.
分清场合。
Think about where you are.
/ You should consider where you are.
你也不看看你多大了。
Act your age.
*一般用在父母等上年纪的人教育年轻人时。“做和自己年龄相符的举止、行为”。
/ How do you like my new red skirt?
(你觉得我这条新的红裙子怎么样?)
Act your age.
(你也不看看你多大了。)
/ You should act your age.
*比较温和的说法。
Behave in accordance with what is expected of your age!
You should behave more maturely.
(你该表现得更成熟些。)
You shouldn’t act like a child.
(别像个孩子似的。)
你想得也太天真了。
Your view is too optimistic.
*optimistic “乐观的”，“乐天派的”。
你的想法太不现实了。
You should get your head out of the clouds.
*直译是“你应该把你的脑袋从云中伸出来”，即“你的想法太不实际了，回到现实中吧”。
You should get your head out of the clouds.
(你的想法太离谱了。)
Maybe you’re right. I should try to be more down-to-earth.
(也许你是对的。我该更现实点儿。)
You aren’t being realistic.
/ You should be more logical.
*logical “符合逻辑的”、“道理上讲得通的”。
别再重复这种愚蠢的错误了。
Don’t make such stupid mistakes again!
*make a mistake 惯用语， “出错”。
/ Don’t make such stupid mistakes again!
(不要重复这种愚蠢的错误。)
I won’t, I won’t.
(不会了，不会了。)
You should be more careful!
(你应该多加小心。)
/ Don’t make dumb mistakes again!
别那么自命不凡。
Don’t be stuck-up.
*stuck-up “骄傲自满”、“自高自大”。
Don’t be so pompous.
*pompous “装模作样的”、“自负的”、“华而不实的”。
Don’t be such a snob.
*snob “势利小人”、“看人行事的俗人”。
Don’t act like you’re better than I am.
Don’t flatter yourself so much.
(别那么自以为是。)
*flatter oneself “骄傲自满”、“得意洋洋”。人不可貌相。
/ Don’t judge a book by its cover.
*谚语，直译“不要根据书皮来判断书的内容”。
He’s so short.
(他的个儿多矮呀。)
/ Listen, don’t judge a book by its cover. He was the best basketball player in California last year.
(喂!你可不能以貌取人，他是去年加利福尼亚最棒的篮球运动员。)
Never judge something by its looks.
/ Appearances are deceiving.
(不能以貌取人。)
Don’t form an opinion about something based on appearance alone.
(人不可貌相。)
说话要留神。
Watch your tongue.
*直译是“看看你的舌头”，即“说话要小心”。
Hey, you, asshole!
(你这个混蛋!)
/ Watch your tongue.
(嘿，说话留点神儿。)
Watch your language.
/ Watch your mouth.
/ Be careful of what you say.
Don’t use bad language.
(不要说脏话。)
要遵守规则。
Follow the rules.
*follow “遵守，服从(规则、命令、劝说等等)”。
Follow the rules.
(要遵守规则。)
/ You’re the one not following the rules.
(你就没有遵守规则。)
Don’t violate rules.
(不许违反规则。)
/ Don’t violate regulations.
(不许违反章程。)
Don’t break the rules.
(不许破坏规则。)
别偷懒!
Stop goofing off!
*这是一句俚语，用于针对在工作、学习或练习中偷懒、耍滑的人。
goof off是口语表达方式，意为“懒惰”、“偷懒”。
/ Get a life!
/ You should make something out of yourself!
Don’t be a bum!
/ Get a job!
(去找个工作。)
/ Grow up!
(该长大成人了!/你什么时候才能长大!)
照我说的做!
Do as I said!
/ Do what I said.
/ Do what I tell you to do!
不要说别人的坏话。
Don’t say bad things about others.
/ Don’t speak ill of others.
Don’t speak bad about other people.
别食言。
Don’t go back on your word!
/ I’m sorry, I can’t do that.
(对不起，我做不了。)
Don’t go back on your word!
(别食言。)
/ Don’t break your promise.
(不能说话不算数。)
You should keep your word.
做你能做的。
Don’t take on more than you can.
*“不要承担自己处理不了的工作，不要承担超过自己能力的事情”。
/ Don’t take on more than you can handle.
别那么粗鲁!
Don’t be rude!
/ Don’t be impolite!
你被开除了。
You’re fired!
/ Man, you’re out of here.
*严厉的说法。
I have to sack you.
*温和的说法。
/ I have to let you go.
*温和的说法。
你得像个男子汉!
Be a man!
/ I don’t want to be a leader.
(我不想当头儿。)
Be strong! (坚强些!)
/ Don’t be a wimp!
(别那么窝囊!)
/ Don’t be a chicken!
(别当胆小鬼。)
别自吹自擂。
Don’t talk boastfully.
*boastfully “夸耀的”、“自吹自擂的”。
Japan is a very rich country.
(日本是一个富裕的国家。)
/ Don’t brag.
/ Don’t boast.
You should be more modest.
(你该谦虚一些。)
请别让我失望。
Please don’t disappoint me.
*disappoint “让……失望”、 “辜负……期望”。
Please don’t let me down.
别挑逗女孩/男孩!
Don’t flirt with girls/boys!
*flirt with “对异性半开玩笑的引诱”、“男女之间的*情调**”。
Don’t flirt with girls!
(别挑逗女孩!)
/ I was just being friendly.
(我只是表示友好。)
Don’t make eyes at her/him!
(别跟她/他眉来眼去的。)
*make eyes at... “向……送秋波”。
别抱怨，叫你怎么做，就怎么做。
Don’t complain and do as you are told.
Do what I tell you to do without complaining.
干脆点!(赶快!)
Make it snappy!
*这是一个惯用句， “快!”、“干脆点儿!”
/ Hurry it up!
Look snappy.
*英式英语。
麻利点!/利索点!
/ Step on it!
*step on it 原意是“坐火车飞跑”现在常表示“赶紧”的意思。
Be quick!
/ Get a move on!
/ Move it!
/ Snap to it.
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