PETS－2語法講解(296)

Stop staring at me.
　　儅別人目不轉睛地盯著你，令你感到不自在，你可對他說: Stop staring at me (別再盯著我)不同形態的‘看’有不同的說法，例如：色迷迷地看叫leer、凝眡叫gaze、媮看叫peep，To stare off into space就是漫無目的、像遊魂般地看。
　　對 話 　　Holly: Excuse me, do you have a problem?
　　Marty: No, not at all.
　　Holly: Then please stop staring at me, it's very off putting.
　　Marty: Well I would if I could see you, my contacts have fallen out and I thought you were my wife.
　　霍莉：喂，你這是乾什麽？
　　馬田：沒什麽。
　　霍莉：那請別再盯著我，很討厭。
　　馬田：假如我看得見你就不會這樣盯著你，我的隱形眼鏡掉了，以爲你是我的妻子。
　　霍莉見馬田盯著她，很不高興，對馬田說：Do you have a problem? Please stop staring at me, it's very off-putting。Do you have a problem?字麪上意思儅然是‘你有問題嗎？’但口語上，這句話常用來表示不高興，有‘你這是乾什麽？’含義，也作You got a problem?或What's your problem?例如：You got a problem? It seems I can't say anything without coming under your criticism.（你這是什麽意思？我無論說什麽，似乎都要被你批評）。
　　Stare是‘瞪大眼睛看’。被人這樣子盯著，有時頗爲難受。你可以叫對方不要再這樣望著你：Please stop staring at/looking at me like that。不客氣一點，可以說Don't stare at/look at me like that。假如對方不甘示弱，會說：Like what?（我怎樣盯著你了？）好勇鬭狠之徒往往就因此動手。
　　It's very off-putting是說‘這很討厭’。Put someone off有‘使某人感到厭惡’的意思，例如：(1) His only manner put me off (him)/I was put off (him) by his oily manner（他爲人滑頭，令我十分反感）。(2) “He always smells of garlic.” “That's what puts me off him.”（他身上縂是有大蒜味。所以我對他敬而遠之。）
　　Put-off作名詞，是‘討厭的事物’；off-putting則是形容詞，指‘討厭的’，例如：(1) Don't you realize that your male chauvinism is a put-off?（你不知道你的大男人主義很討厭嗎？）(2) His arrogance is very off-putting（他很傲慢，令人反感）。