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《笑死我的英文书》中式英语错误纠正(43):爱情害死人

爱情害死人 love hurts

true story 真实故事

i'll never forget the time that a student was telling me about a painful breakup story involving her friend.it was the girl's first time to have a boyfriend but eventually things didn't work out and she felt pretty bad.her friend,however,made it sound evcn morc serious:“she was miserable and her heart broke.”a better way to express it would have been“she was miserable and heartbroken.”

我永远都不会忘记一位学生跟我讲的她朋友的痛苦的失恋故事。那是她的初恋,但最终没能如愿,她感到非常痛苦。但是她的朋友—我的这位学生在讲述时事情听起来更为严重:"she was miserable and her heart broke.(她很痛苦而且她的心脏破碎了)”这句话更好的表达方式是:"she was miserable and heartbroken."

知识扩展

提示:
heartbroken—adj.悲伤的
broke her heart —弄坏了她的心脏

与“heart”相关的词汇:
heartache —n.心痛,悲叹
heart-throb —n.心跳;情人
heart disease —心脏病
heartfelt —adj.衷心的,真心真意的
wear one's heart on one's sleeve—十分坦率;感情容易激动
heart attack—心脏病发作