、酒的影响,你为什 显得这样古怪呢?(Are you under any influence ofdrug or al
coholic? Why are you so crazy and bizarre?) 所以可以说:
They are trippin'. (= tripping)
She (he) is trippin'.
Mr. A must be trippin'.
通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。
3. He is a nerd:nerd是指一些年轻人,每天只懂读书、考试,但对生活上的其他事情
,都很生疏。 (A person always buries his nose in books, but notgood at social
situations.)
由於美国十分重视多方面发展的教育 (well-rounded),所以许多老外认为nerd 虽然学识
不错,但很乏味;有IQ,但缺乏EQ,只是社会上无足轻重的「书虫」或「蠢货」而已。(I
Q = Intelligence Quotient ; EQ = Emotional Quotient)
nerd 可用复数,动词也能用其他时态。因此可以说:
He used to be a nerd in high school.(过去他在高中时是位书呆子)
Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.
至於 geek 这个字,虽然与 nerd 相似,年轻人也常用,但 geek是指在某一方面有很高
的 IQ。我们可以说:
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He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)
另外,年轻人还用 jerk这个字,通常是指没有社交技巧,头脑简单或古怪,令人讨厌的
家伙(annoying person),如果你不喜欢一个人,就可以说:
I don't like him because he is a jerk.
也可以用复数:
Many jerks are working in our company.