例句:He tried to give a sympathetic ear to the patient.
他極力懷著同情心傾聽(tīng)患者的敘述。
2. turn a deaf ear 不加理睬、充耳不聞
例句:He turned a deaf ear to his mother's chatter.
他對(duì)母親的嘮嘮叨叨聽(tīng)而不聞。
3. fall on deaf ears 未被理睬、未受重視
例句:My advice always seems to fall on deaf ears.
我的建議好像總是沒(méi)人聽(tīng)。
4. talk one's ear off 喋喋不休,絮叨個(gè)不停
例句:All I wanted was a chance to read my book, but my seatmate talked my ear off.
我巴不得能有機(jī)會(huì)看書(shū),但我的同桌卻嘮嘮叨叨地說(shuō)個(gè)不停。
5. make a pig's ear of 把事情搞得很糟糕
例句:He made a pig's ear (out) of repairing my car.
他把我的車修得一團(tuán)糟。
6. have big ears 耳朵尖、消息靈通;愛(ài)打聽(tīng)別人的事
例句:He can't help having big ears.
他總愛(ài)打聽(tīng)別人的事。
7. all eyes and ears 聚精會(huì)神
例句:A detective must be all eyes and all ears.
一個(gè)偵探必須眼觀六路,耳聽(tīng)八方。
8. all ears 洗耳恭聽(tīng)、全神貫注地聽(tīng)
例句:Go ahead with your story, I'm all ears.
請(qǐng)告訴我你的經(jīng)歷,我將洗耳恭聽(tīng)。
9. grin from ear to ear 咧著嘴笑、笑逐顏開(kāi)
例句:When he was told that he has won the first prize, he grined from ear to ear.
當(dāng)他被告知自己得了一等獎(jiǎng)時(shí),他咧開(kāi)嘴笑了。
10. play it by ear 隨機(jī)應(yīng)變、見(jiàn)機(jī)行事
例句:In dealing with that unpredictable man, you simply can't follow a prearranged plan. You have to play it by ear.
和那個(gè)捉摸不定的人打交道,你簡(jiǎn)直無(wú)法按預(yù)定計(jì)劃行事,只好隨行應(yīng)變。
By the time she was four, she could play songs by ear.
她四歲時(shí)就能憑記憶把聽(tīng)過(guò)的曲子彈奏出來(lái)了。
I haven't decided what to say when he comes; I'll play it by ear.
我還沒(méi)決定他來(lái)時(shí)要說(shuō)什么,到時(shí)隨機(jī)應(yīng)變吧。
解析:字面意思是憑記憶把聽(tīng)過(guò)的音樂(lè)彈奏出來(lái)。
“Play(it)by ear”原是音樂(lè)用語(yǔ),指某人不用樂(lè)譜,僅憑聽(tīng)過(guò)的記憶就可彈奏樂(lè)曲。由此意引申,“play(it)by ear”強(qiáng)調(diào)事件的“即興”成分,沒(méi)有計(jì)劃、依據(jù)當(dāng)時(shí)情況而行事,很有著“走著瞧,走一步說(shuō)一步”的味道。
11. prick up your ears 豎起耳朵仔細(xì)聽(tīng)
例句:He pricked up his ears when they mentioned the salary.
當(dāng)他們提到工資時(shí),他立刻注意起來(lái)。
其他有關(guān)ear的詞組
be all ears 聚精會(huì)神地聽(tīng),洗耳恭聽(tīng)
bend someone ear與某人喋喋不休
blow it out one’s ear胡說(shuō)八道
chew someone’s ear off對(duì)某人喋喋不休
have an ear for music有音樂(lè)方面的天賦
fall on deaf ears和沒(méi)有心思的人說(shuō)話;沒(méi)被理睬
good ear 辨別聲音
keep one’s ear to the ground注意聽(tīng)
perk up one’s ear引起注意,堅(jiān)起耳朵
play by ear 聽(tīng)過(guò)歌曲后,不看樂(lè)譜而憑記憶演奏
put a bug in someone’s ear事先給某人暗示;警告某人
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