act one's age 别没大没小的
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当有人做出过于幼稚的举动时,会被别人说:“别没大没小的”,意思是让这个人举止成熟点,别闹笑话。那怎样用英语将这句话表达得简洁准确呢?

我们不妨举个例子:

Mr. Brown was1 playing tag2 with the children at the party. Then Mrs. Brown said3, "Henry, act4 your age," and he stopped. 布朗先生在聚会上和孩子们玩捉迷藏,只听布朗太太说:“亨利,别没大没小的。”于是布朗先生不再玩了。

在上面这个例子中,act one's age就是指“举止与年龄相称”,有时也用be one's age来表示,用来形容孩子气。来看下面这个例子:

We children enjoyed our uncle because he didn't always act his age. 我们孩子们喜欢叔叔因为他时常很孩子气。

但act one's age的翻译常要结合语境。在下面这句话里,act one's age就不能说成“没大没小的”。

Bobby cried when he broke5 his kite. Mother said: "You are a big boy now. Act your age." 波比弄坏了他的风筝,哭起来。他妈妈说:“你已经是个大孩子了,就该像个大孩子样,别动不动就哭哭啼啼的。”



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1 was bglwv     
v.(is,am的过去式)是,在
参考例句:
  • He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
  • He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。
2 tag BqKya     
n.标签,附属物,名称,谚语;vt.附以签条,尾随,添饰,指责,连接;vi.紧随,尾随
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  • Please tag your baggage.请在你的行李上贴上标签了。
  • The clerk attached a price tag to each article.店员给每一件商品系上标价签。
3 said IYtxh     
v.动词say的过去式、过去分词
参考例句:
  • He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
  • He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。
4 act nJ7y0     
n.行为,行动,法案;v.行动,扮演,下判决
参考例句:
  • Welcome to watch my act.欢迎观看我的表演
  • Think well before you act.三思而后行
5 broke gSUyi     
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  • He dropped his glass on the floor and broke it.他把玻璃杯掉到地板上打碎了。
  • After a long silence, she broke into a laugh.她沉默了很久之后,忽然笑了起来。
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