老外说“I'm sold”不是“我被卖了”!理解错岂不很尴尬!
buy和sell是生活中非常常见的用词但是如果有人说I'm
sold
可千万别理解成我被卖了不然真的超尴尬的!
I'm sold怎么理解
“sold”是“sell”的过去式及过去分词“sell”除了有售卖的意思,还有“说服”的含义所以外国人说“I'm
sold”=I'm
convinced.意思就是我被说服了或者我被打动了!
例句:The
filmmakers sold me on the idea that my book would work on the
screen.
这位电影人士说服了我,让我相信我的小说可以搬上银幕。
相对的,I'm
not sold 也不是“我没有被卖”它的意思是“我没有被说服,我不相信”=I
don't believe you./ I don't believe it.例句:A: This
coffee is 100% organic.A:这杯咖啡是百分之百的有机食品B: Hmm…I'm
not sold.B:呵呵..我不相信。
I don't buy it怎么理解
I don't buy it也不是我不买它的意思
buy
it 有相信不靠谱的事情,信以为真的意思所以I don't buy it在口语中正确的含义是:“我可不相信!我不吃这一套!”
例句:Don't talk to me in that way, because I don't buy
it.你别用那种方式和我说话,我不吃这套。
拓展:sell或sold相关俚语
1 sold
out (影票、门票)售罄脱销例句:
I'm sorry, we've sold out of bread. 抱歉,我们的面包卖完了。2 sell
sb/yourself/sth short 小看;低估例句:Do
not sell the world short. This is your life – love it, live
it.
不要低估你自己,也不要看空世间种种,这是你的生活——热爱它,并乐在其中。3 sell
sth off 减价出售;低价处理;甩卖;变卖例句:The
company is selling off some sites and concentrating on cutting
debts.该公司正在变卖一些地皮,全力削减债务。4 sell
sb down the river 出卖(某人);背叛(某人)例句:I
might have been sorry to my friends, but I have never sold and will
never sell them down the
river. 我也许做过对不起朋友的事,但是我从来没有也永远不会出卖他们。5 sold
on sth 对…非常热心;热衷于例句:And
that's not because I'm sold on Rainforest Alliance
certification. 这不是因为我热衷于雨林联盟认证。
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