迷你對話：

A:Will you ask Frank to help me out of the difficulty?

你能讓弗蘭克幫助我擺脫困境嗎？

B:Yes, I will. But now he isfeeding his face.

可是，但是現在他在吃飯。

A:Then what?

那又怎么樣？

B:When he is feeding his face the hates being bothered.

他吃飯時，最討厭別人打攪他。

地道表達：

feed one’s face

解詞釋義：

feed是動詞，表示“給（人或動物）食物，喂養，飼養”等意。這個短語為日常用語，它的字面意思是“喂某人的臉”，引申為“吃飯”。

支持范例：

Eg.Having washed,they were now ready to feed our faces.

洗完衣服他們現在準備吃飯。

Eg.For my part, I don't mind where we feed our faces.

對我來說, 到哪兒吃飯都無所謂。

詞海拾貝：

help sb out of：幫助某人脫離

Eg.I think I can help you out of your trouble.

我想我能夠幫您擺脫困境。

Eg.He' s the one man who can help you out of your difficulty.

他是惟一能幫助你擺脫困境的人。

Eg.He asked me, cap in hand, if I could help him out of his financial difficulties.

他畢恭畢敬地問我能不能幫他擺脫財政困難。

Eg.I don't want anybody to help me out of pity.

我不要任何人出于憐憫來幫助我。

hate + V+ing：討厭做某事

Eg.What do you hate doing around the house?

你討厭在家里做什么？

Eg.I hate doing experiments. They always go wrong for me.

我最恨做實驗，我每次做都出岔錯。

Eg.I hate doing the damn laundry.

我討厭洗這該死的衣服。

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