描述个人性格的相关口语

描述个人性格的相关口语
1．she's a natural crier.
她是个天生爱哭的人。

natural：used to describe behaviour that is part of the character that a person or an animal was born with 天生的；本能的；与生俱来的
如：Remember that these weaknesses are natural.
记住这些弱点是天生的。

2. He's really a law-down dirty shame.
他真是个不知羞耻的家伙。

law-down dirty shame“不知羞耻的”
*不知羞耻还可以用shameless,to know no shame,faceless等来表达。

但如果是要表达出有点蔑视的味道，a law-down dirty shame更合适。

如： I wouldn't like to have anything to do with a law-down dirty shame like her.
我可不想和她那样不知羞耻的人有任何来往。

3．He's good-time charlie, feeling no worries and anxieties.
他可是个乐天派，整天无忧无虑的。

good-time charlie 汉语中“乐天派”可以用optimistic来表示，也可以用good-humored。

但是上述表达法缺乏口语色彩，而用good-time Charlie比较合适。

情景模拟：
A：Do you know Tom?
你认识汤姆吗？
B：Yeah. We go long back. What do you think of him?
认识。

我们很久之前就认识了。

你觉得他怎么样？
A: He's good-time Charlie, feeling no worries and anxieties.
他是个乐天派，整天无忧无虑的。

4.She's said to be a jinx.
有人说她是扫帚星。

我们中国人说的“扫帚星”其实是个比喻，通常指不吉利的人或物。

其实“扫帚星”指的是“彗星”。

在英语中没有对应的比喻义的翻译，不能译为“comet”，应该是jinx。

例如：I've heard of her. She's said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries.
我听说过她，有人说她是个扫帚星，谁跟她结婚都会倒霉。

5．li ming has a lot on the ball.
李明很能干。

on the ball
有能力的或有效率的：
a teacher who is really on the ball.
能干的老师。

a manager who has a lot on the ball;
a student who has nothing on the ball.
一个很能干的经理；一名什么也不会的学生。

6.He's really a party animal.
他真的是个聚会狂。

party animal指的是特别喜欢参加聚会的人，也就是聚会狂，他们哪怕一次聚会也不会落下。

要注意，这里animal说的可是人哦，并不是把人贬低成了动物。

如：I'd love to invite that party animal to the party. He'd liven up the mood!
我很喜欢邀请那个派对狂来参加我们的派对。

他能使整个气氛热烈起来。

10. Li ming is the black sheep of his family.
李明是个败家子。

a black sheep“败家子”此短语源于谚语There is a black sheep in every flock.（每群羊里都有一只黑绵羊）
如：Dick is a black sheep, always bringing touble to his family. Dick是个败家子，总给家里招惹麻烦。