第一, 迷你对话
A: Why are you so interested in the girl?
你为什么对那个女孩那么感兴趣。
B: I’d like to take her to the party.
我想带她去参加晚会。
A: She has a thin skin. I bet she will not go out with you.
她脸皮薄,我打赌她不会和你出去。
B: You just wait and see.
你就等着瞧吧。
第二, 地道表达
have a thin skin
1. 解词释义
Have a thin skin中的a thin skin表示“脸皮薄”的意思,have a thin skin的意思为“爱面子”。
2. 拓展范例
e.g. She didn’t speak loudly because she had a thin skin.
她脸皮子薄,说话声不大。
e.g. And she had a thin skin with new people, just like he is.
她见了生人就脸皮子薄 ,与他一样。
e.g. We thought he was unfriendly until we learned that he had a thin skin.
本来我们认为他不友好,后来才知道他是害羞。