PETS－2语法讲解(235)

I went nightclubbing with Sally.
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　　Penny: Why are you looking so bleary eyed this morning?
　　Veronica: I didn't get to bed until four in the morning.
　　Penny: What were you doing before that?
　　Vernica: Well I went nightclubbing with Sally.
　　Penny: Did you have a good time?
　　Veronica: Not half. We got to dance with some really dishy guys.
　　彭妮：你今早为什么这样睡眼惺忪？
　　维罗妮卡：我到凌晨四点钟才就寝。
　　彭妮：这之前你在做什么？
　　维罗妮卡：我和莎莉上了夜总会。
　　彭妮：好玩吗？
　　维罗妮卡：好极了。我们和一些很帅的男人跳舞。
　　上夜总会，英文叫做to go to a nightclub或to go nightclubbing：第二个说法，是把nightclub作动词。She smoked, drank, took drugs and often nightclubbed till 4am即‘她吸烟，喝酒，吸毒，经常上夜总会玩到凌晨四点钟’。夜总会还可以叫做nightspot。
　　I did not get to bed until four是说‘我到四点钟才就寝’，切勿误解为‘我到四点还不就寝’。Do not...till/until是‘到…才’的意思，例如：He did not die till his son arrived（他直到儿子来了才去世）。维罗妮卡睡眠不足，一副bleary-eyed的样子。眼睛因疲倦、泪水等而模糊，叫bleary，例如：He embraced his weeping wife, and kissed her bleary eyes（他抱着哭泣的妻子，吻她泪水模糊的眼睛）。形容词bleary-eyed也作blear-eyed，例如：At 9:40am, he came bleary-eyed into the office（早上九时四十分，他睡眼惺忪的走进办公室）。彭妮问维罗妮卡：Did you have a good time?她回答：Not half。这是俗语，常用来加强语气，往往可译作‘很’或‘十分’，例如：(1) "Do you like his writings?" "Not half!"（‘你喜欢他的著作吗？’‘十分喜欢。’）(2) I was not half surprised（我觉得很 惊讶）。同样，It isn't half good是说‘它很好’。但请留意：成语not half bad也是说‘很好’，特别是好得出人意料，例如：He was out of practice, but his performance wasn't half bad（他虽然疏于练习，表演还是很出色）。