PETS－2語法講解(133)

　　She sounds really star-struck.
　　對 話
　　Jack: My teenage sister really gets on my nerves at times.
　　Bill: Why's that? Does she spend hours making up in the bathroom?
　　Jack: No, it's not that, she just keeps going on and on about how wonderful Leonardo di Caprio is.
　　Bill: Well a lot of girls really go for him.
　　Jack: But she's got dozens of his pictures all over her bedroom wall and she watches his movies over and over again on her DVD player.
　　Bill: She sounds really star-struck.
　　Jack: That's putting it mildly.
　　傑尅：我那十幾嵗的妹妹有時真令我不耐煩。
　　比爾：爲什麽？是不是她常常在浴室裡化妝，一化就花幾小時？
　　傑尅：不是，不過，但她整天都在說萊昂納多?迪?卡普裡奧，贊不絕口。
　　比爾：嗯，很多少女都喜歡他。
　　傑尅：但我妹妹在房間牆壁上掛了幾十張他的照片，而且在反反複覆看他的電影DVD。
　　比爾：你妹妹看來真是個明星迷。
　　傑尅：這說得太簡單了。
　　比爾說傑尅的妹妹：She sounds really star-struck。Struck是strike的過去式(past tense)和完成式(perfect tense)。Strike最基本的意思是‘打’，例如：The thug struck him with a beer bottle（那惡棍用啤酒瓶打他）。引申其義，strike可解作‘打動人心’，例如：(1) I was struck by their terrible living conditions（他們居住環境之惡劣，讓我印象深刻）。(2) Her unparalleled beauty struck me dumb（她美麗無雙，看得我目瞪口呆）。star-struck即‘著了名人的迷’，這‘名人’多是指電影明星，例如(1) She was so star-struck by Leonardo di Caprio that she had all his DVDs（她對萊昂納多?迪?卡普裡奧十分著迷，這個明星的所有數字光磐影片，她都有收藏）。(2) I was star-struck after meeting Bruce Lee（我見過李小龍之後，就被深深著迷）。此外還有thunderstruck一字，指‘被雷所擊’或‘極其震驚’，例如：I was thunderstruck when I heard that she was dead（我聽到她死了，一時瞠目結舌）。最後且談談這一課對話裡三個詞語：get on one's nerves、at times、go for。Go for有‘喜歡’的意思，例如：I don't much go for movie stars（我不大喜歡電影明星）。At times等於sometimes（有時），例如：After her departure, I feel lonely at time,（她離開後，我有時會感到寂寞）。Get on one's nerves直譯 ‘侵入某人的神經’，意思是‘使某人心煩’，例如：The din of the traffic is getting on my nerves（交通的喧闐，漸漸使我感到心煩）。