PETS－2语法讲解(296)

Stop staring at me.
　　当别人目不转睛地盯着你，令你感到不自在，你可对他说: Stop staring at me (别再盯着我)不同形态的‘看’有不同的说法，例如：色迷迷地看叫leer、凝视叫gaze、偷看叫peep，To stare off into space就是漫无目的、像游魂般地看。
　　对 话 　　Holly: Excuse me, do you have a problem?
　　Marty: No, not at all.
　　Holly: Then please stop staring at me, it's very off putting.
　　Marty: Well I would if I could see you, my contacts have fallen out and I thought you were my wife.
　　霍莉：喂，你这是干什么？
　　马田：没什么。
　　霍莉：那请别再盯着我，很讨厌。
　　马田：假如我看得见你就不会这样盯着你，我的隐形眼镜掉了，以为你是我的妻子。
　　霍莉见马田盯着她，很不高兴，对马田说：Do you have a problem? Please stop staring at me, it's very off-putting。Do you have a problem?字面上意思当然是‘你有问题吗？’但口语上，这句话常用来表示不高兴，有‘你这是干什么？’含义，也作You got a problem?或What's your problem?例如：You got a problem? It seems I can't say anything without coming under your criticism.（你这是什么意思？我无论说什么，似乎都要被你批评）。
　　Stare是‘瞪大眼睛看’。被人这样子盯着，有时颇为难受。你可以叫对方不要再这样望着你：Please stop staring at/looking at me like that。不客气一点，可以说Don't stare at/look at me like that。假如对方不甘示弱，会说：Like what?（我怎样盯着你了？）好勇斗狠之徒往往就因此动手。
　　It's very off-putting是说‘这很讨厌’。Put someone off有‘使某人感到厌恶’的意思，例如：(1) His only manner put me off (him)/I was put off (him) by his oily manner（他为人滑头，令我十分反感）。(2) “He always smells of garlic.” “That's what puts me off him.”（他身上总是有大蒜味。所以我对他敬而远之。）
　　Put-off作名词，是‘讨厌的事物’；off-putting则是形容词，指‘讨厌的’，例如：(1) Don't you realize that your male chauvinism is a put-off?（你不知道你的大男人主义很讨厌吗？）(2) His arrogance is very off-putting（他很傲慢，令人反感）。