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2020-07-09 Drive someone to distraction 让某人心烦意乱

今日短语

如果某人 “drive you to distraction”,那么这个人的行为会让你感到非常恼火。这个表达多被用来描述在一段时间内持续发生的恼人行为。

例句

Nicole never looks at me when we are talking – she just looks down at her phone. It drives me to distraction.
我们谈话的时候尼科尔从来都不看我,她总是低着头看她的手机。这很烦人。

I’m getting driven to distraction by the way that Ryan keeps tapping his fingers on the desk.
我要被瑞恩不停地用手指敲桌子的声音逼疯了。

Kayla’s coughing was driving me to distraction. I just had to leave.
凯拉的咳嗽声弄得我心烦意乱。我不得不走开。

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