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So typical

發佈時間: 2014/11/10

同事A今天早上又請了病假,其他同事都見怪不怪,說That's so typical of him。原來同事A經常在星期一和五請病假或看醫生。Typical解「典型、有代表性的」,例如,You look like a typical tourist with the camera around your neck.(你頸上掛着相機,看起來像個典型的遊客。)This poem is typical of her works in the 1920s.(這首詩是她20年代的代表作。)

不過,形容詞typical不一定是中性,有時帶貶義,尤其是形容人的不良品質一向如此、不出所料。語氣大概是說某人總是怎樣,令人惱怒生厭。因此,That's so typical of him。帶貶義,同事不贊同A經常請病假。又例如,It's just typical of Mary to spend all her salary in the first week of the month.(瑪麗就是這種人,月頭第一星期便把薪水花光。)

想形容某人這樣是他的典型行為,可以用句式:It is(adjective)of someone to do something。例句:It's typical of him to be so serious.(他經常都那麼嚴肅。)這句式又常用以描述某人因做了某事而令別人覺得他怎樣,例句:It is generous of you to lend me your new car for a week.(你肯借你的新車給我用一星期,真是大方。)

撰文: Ally 最漂亮英文專業老師
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