Friends英语赏析【104】Feel someone out

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Rachel: Phoebe, no! This is, this is insane.
Phoebe: Oh, just ask him!
Rachel: What? Me?
Phoebe: I can’t ask him! Do you have any idea how inappropriate that would be?! All I’m saying is just talk to Frank. Okay? Just, y’know, feel him out!
Rachel: No! Forget it! I am not gonna ask Frank to give you one of his kids!!

瑞秋:菲比,不!这太不可理喻了。
菲比:噢,问问他嘛!
瑞秋:什么?我去问?
菲比:总不见得我自己问他吧,你难道不知道那会有多不合适吗?我只是让你去和弗兰克谈谈,试探一下他。
瑞秋:不!别想!我可不会去要求弗兰克把他的一个孩子送给你。

【世博视角】

有时候当我们想打探别人的想法时会旁敲侧击地问许多问题,这就是feel sb out 所要表达的意思,又比如:I thought I’d feel out some of my colleagues before the meeting.

口语forget it 在不同的情况下可以表达不同的意思,在上面的对话中,Rachel所说的forget it 意思就是拒绝替Phoebe去试探Frank, 又比如:’Can you lend me $20.’ ‘Forget it, no way.’ forget it 还可以用来表示It’s all right 或 It’s OK 等意思,尤其是当别人为一件小事而向你说对不起的时候,比如:’Sorry I didn’t phone.’ ‘Forget it.’ 最后,我们还是来看一些例句仔细体会一下forget it 的用法:

‘What did you say?’ ‘ Nothing, just forget it.’
How much do I owe you? Oh, forget it — it’s nothing.
If you’re just going to stand there and criticize, forget it.

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