cool someone's ardor 使某人的心涼半截

【講解】

cool someone’s ardor使某人的心涼半截，ardor的意思是“熱情”或“熱心”。例如:He devoted himself into the study of Mars with ardor.(他滿懷熱情地投身于火星的研究中。）cool的意思是“使……冷卻”；cool one’s ardor指“給某人潑冷水”或“使人的心涼了半截”。

【對話】
A:If you had followed your father's suit, you would certainly cool your grandpa's ardor.

A:如果你像你父親那樣的話，你爺爺就會傷透了心。

B:I can't do that. I can't see eye to eye with my father's ideology.

B：我不會那樣做的。對我父親的思想我不能茍同。

A:It's great you haven't cooled your grandpa's ardor to keep on the family's tradition.

A：幸好你沒有繼承家里的傳統，讓你爺爺傷心。

B:And I am not be cut for writing. I can't tear myself away from it. It's a lot of fun.

B：我沒有寫作的天賦，但是我卻舍不得放棄。