Subject：I knew then he had told me a sob story.

迷你對話

A: I knew when he had told me a sob story.

我后來才知道他說的都是假話。

B: He fooled you by telling you to enter the wrong classroom. That’s sick.

他在戲弄你，讓您走錯教室，太過分了。

地道表達

a sob story

1. 解詞釋義

Sob是“哭泣”的意思，story就是“故事”，而sob story的意思是“某人編造一個令人傷心的故事來贏得別人的同情，甚至與欺騙別人，讓人給錢給他”。其英文解釋為：a sad story that is likely to draw tears。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. He set me up by telling me a sob story.

他講一個悲傷的故事給我聽，使我落入圈套。

e.g. The beggar told us a long sob story before she asked for money.

那個叫花子先給我們講了一個長而催人淚下的故事，然后向我們討錢。

e.g. My brother told me a real sob story，so I tend him$10.

我哥哥給我講了一個非常催人淚下的煽情故事，騙我借給他十塊錢。