PETS－2语法讲解(257)

　　I'm rather put out with Mary.
　　对话
　　Gwyneth: I'm rather put out with Mary.
　　Tina: Why's that?
　　Gwyneth: Well she promised to help me move into my new apartment on the weekend.
　　Tina: I didn't know you were moving.
　　Gwyneth: Yes, and I had quite a lot of stuff to move.
　　Tina: What happened?
　　Gwyneth: She let me down. She didn't turn up at all, so I had to shift everything myself.
　　Tina: I'm sorry to hear that. Perhaps she wasn't feeling well…
　　格尼思：我真有点生玛丽的气。
　　蒂娜：为什么?
　　格尼思：她答应上周末帮我搬进新的寓所。
　　蒂娜：我不知道你搬家了。
　　格尼思：我搬啦，而且要搬的东西还不少。
　　蒂娜：那到底发生什么事 ?
　　格尼思：她没有守约，那天完全不见踪影，什么东西都得我自己搬。
　　蒂娜：那真难为你。也许她那天感到不舒服……
　　说不高兴，口头英语常用put out二字。 这动词词组一般见于被动语态(passive voice); 其后可用with带出你不高兴的人，或by带出令你不高兴的事，例如: (1) When I learned that he had been speaking ill of me all the time, I naturally felt very put out with him. (我发觉他一直在说我坏话之后，对他自然十分不满) 。 (2)Put out by his refusal to help, I did not speak to him. (我见他不肯帮忙，很不高兴，就不跟他说话)。
　　格尼思不满玛丽没有如约到来: She let me down. She didn't turn up at all。这两句也各用了一个动词词组:let down 和turn up。Let down从前说过，是‘失信’、‘使人失望’的意思，这里不妨再举一个例子:In failing to get into college, you have let me down. (你未能考上大学，真令我失望) 。 Turn up则是‘出现’，另一说法是show up， 例如: He turned up/showed up just when he was needed. (正需要他的时候，他就来了) 。
　　以上动词词组，都可以用其它字取代，例如:She broke her word to me、She did not appear at all。I'm rather put out with Mary 也可改为I am rather annoyed with Mary。 然则本课对话里的三句，为什么都用了动词词组?口语一般比较浅白，例如put out 就比annoy 简单，所以动词词组十分常用，不可不识。当然，写文章，动词词组有时略嫌随便，较为少用。