特别申明

该文章中的迷你对话选自口语书籍，对话精讲为可可编辑编写。

迷你对话

A: What is the matter with him?

他怎么呢？

B: I don’t know, what’s wrong?

不清楚，有事吗？

A: I feel he is as cold as charity to me.

我觉得他对我冷冰冰的。

B: Maybe you should ask him openly.

也许你应该当面问问他。

对话精讲

【核心短语】 as cold as charity

【解词释义】charity在这里是暗讽“像某些慈善机构那样，对求助者总是冷冰冰的”。表示对某人“冷冰冰的”，“冷漠的”，在短语的后面用介词to即可。

【支持范例1】Her parents were cold as charity towards her boyfriend.

她父母对她男朋友态度非常冷淡。

【支持范例2】They were as cold as charity towards the newcomer.

他们对新来者非常冷淡。

【支持范例3】There's no point in asking him for help;he's as cold as charity.

求助于他毫无意义，他总是冷冰冰的。

【支持范例4】His parents were as cold as charity towards their son's girlfriend.

他的父母对儿子的女朋友态度非常冷淡。

拓展视野

as cold as charity也可以表示“天气冷，温度低”。

【典型范例1】They say it's too early for snow to lie, but outside it's as cold as charity.

虽然他们说现在雪还积不起来，但是外面确实已经很冷了。

【典型范例2】It was cold as charity in my room last night.

昨天晚上我房间里非常寒冷。

第三、句海拾贝

What is the matter with somebody?

【释义】某人发生什么事情了。看到某人与往常不一样，表示关心的问语。

【范例】You look blue. What is the matter with you?

你看起来很郁闷，怎么啦？