好比說「Don’t lose your cool.(別失去冷靜=你冷靜點)」這句話,就是一句可對慌張、或情緒失控的人說實用話語。
in a sweat
「in a sweat」在《THE FREE DICTIONARY》辭典中是這樣被解釋的:
「In a state of fear, anxiety, or worry; feeling very nervous or frightened.」=「處於恐慌、擔憂、或焦慮的狀態;感到非常緊張、或害怕的」(引用於「THE FREE DICTIONARY」)
由此可見,這個表達方式是用來描述「緊張、焦慮,甚至是已到出汗的狀態」。
因此倘若大家說「I’m in a sweat.」時,便可根據語境翻譯為「我現在緊張到冒汗了(=慌張)」的意思嘍!
關於「慌張」的英語例句
接下來,我們將介紹幾個容易想像情境的英語例句,以便讓大家能更容易理解「慌張」的英語表達方式。
I got lost on the way to the hotel. I had no idea where I was. It was already dark outside. Google Maps didn’t work at all for some reason. I was totally panicking at that time. 我在去飯店的路上迷路了。我完全不知道自己身在何處。外面天已經一片漆黑。Google地圖不知道為何完全無法使用。當時我完全慌了。 We drank a lot last night. He missed the last train, so he stayed at my apartment overnight. When I woke up this morning, he was so panicking, because he was obviously late for work. I hope he didn’t get yelled by his boss. 我們昨晚喝了很多酒。他錯過了末班車,所以在我的公寓過夜。今早我醒來時,他非常慌張,因為他顯然遲到了。我希望他沒被他的上司罵。 I lost my wallet yesterday. I don’t know if I dropped it or it got stolen. I noticed that when I got off the train. I was in panic and almost crying. Then I had to call some customer service centers to cancel my credit cards. It was such a bad day. 我昨天弄丟了錢包。我不知道是自己掉了還是被偷了。當我下火車的時候才發現。我當時慌了,而且幾乎要哭出來。後來我不得不打電話給幾家客服中心停用信用卡。真是糟糕的一天。 When I was at the park, I saw something coming out of the forest. It was around 7 or 8 pm, so it was already dark outside. I thought it was a reptile or something at first, but turned out that it was an old woman with a suitcase. I freaked out and screamed like a little kid. She was slowly walking towards me, so I immediately ran away. That was probably the scariest moment I’ve ever had in my life.
當我在公園時,我看到有東西從森林裡出來。當時大約晚上七、八點鐘,外面天色已漆黑一片。我一開始以為是爬蟲類之類的,但結果是一位提著行李箱的老婦人。我當時嚇死了,像個小孩一樣尖叫。她慢慢地朝著我走來,所以我立刻跑開。那可能是我人生中經歷最可怕的時刻。 He hadn’t studied for the test at all until last night, so he decided to study all night without sleeping. But as he was studying, he gradually got tired and sleepy. He thought he should take a little bit of nap. As you can imagine, he couldn’t wake up by the starting time of the test. When he woke up and looked at the clock, he started panicking. He should’ve started working on it earlier. 他直到昨晚才開始準備考試內容,所以他決定通宵不睡的學習。但他在學習過程,他漸漸感到疲憊和困倦。他想說他應該小睡ㄧ會兒。而正如你所想的,他沒能在考試前醒來。當他醒來,看到時鐘時,他開始慌張了。他應該更早開始複習的。