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视频例句1/3:I'm so sorry to keep you waiting.
视频例句2:I'm meeting someone, and I'm always keeping her waiting.
01详细用法
电影小视频中例句所包含的“keep you waiting”"keep her waiting"等,包含的语法结构是:keep sb waiting,意为“让某人等待、让某人一直等着”。
英语母语者很经常用keep sb waiting这个结构来表示“抱歉让你久等了、抱歉让你一直等着”:I'm so sorry to keep you waiting.
waiting的后面也可以加一个表示等待的时间,比如:Sorry to keep you
waiting so long.抱歉让你等了这么长时间。
而keep sb waiting其实属于keep sb doing sth的结构,keep sb doing sth表示让某人一直做某事。
婆媳话题例句:
例句1:Is it impossible for a man to keep his mother and wife getting along?对一个男人而言,真的无法让婆媳和睦相处吗?
背叛与出轨话题例句:
例句2:You were meant tokeep yourself being a loyal lover of mine. You shouldn't have cheated on me.你本应是我的忠诚恋人,你不应该背叛我。
(点击链接前往了解were meant to所包含的口语知识点:基础单词mean的用法详解,它还可以表示“你很凶”哦)
keep sb
guessing也属于keep sb doing sth结构,它的字面意义是“让某人一直猜”,而如果一个人总是要别人不停地猜、不停地揣测方能知晓其心中所想,证明此人的心思较难被估计到、被猜到,所以keep sb guessing的准确含义是:让某人捉摸不透、让某人猜不透。
恋爱话题例句:
例句3:Your keeping me guessing drives me crazy. 你的捉摸不透,叫我神魂颠倒。
(点击链接前往了解drive me crazy所包含的口语知识点:“我快被你逼疯了!”用英语怎么说?)
职场上司下属关系话题:
例句4:My boss likes keeping people guessing. Sometimes you have no idea why she gives you a dirty look.我老板喜欢让人猜不透她的心思,有时候你会想不通为什么她会白你一眼。
(点击链接前往了解dirty look所包含的口语知识点:英语
趣表达 ▏dirty look)
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