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2019-02-28 Give the silent treatment 采取不理睬的态度

今日短语

表达 “give the silent treatment 沉默地对待” 指 “因生气而故意不理睬或不进行任何形式的沟通的做法”。比如,和人吵架之后因为赌气而 “采取冷战的态度”;因意见分歧而 “选择沉默”;或故意对人“不理不睬”。在使用时,人们多用 “give someone the silent treatment” 来描述具体对谁 “不理不睬”。

例句

It sounds like you give your partner too much attention when he behaves badly. Try giving him the silent treatment for a while. He might change his ways!
你的另一半做错事的时候,你好像太过在意了。试着一段时间不理他,说不定这样一来,他就会改变自己的做事方式。

Every time I try to resolve our differences you give me the silent treatment! It’s not fair!
每次我试图解决我们之间的分歧时,你就沉默不语。这不公平!

My boyfriend has been giving me the silent treatment for days. The thing is I don’t know what I’ve done wrong!
我男朋友这几天一直对我不理不睬。问题是我不知道自己做错了什么!

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