第一， 迷你對(duì)話

A: How was the party last night?

昨天的晚會(huì)怎么樣？

B: It can’t be worse. My friend Peter made a monkey out of me.

糟糕透頂了。我朋友Peter捉弄了我。

A: Really?

真的嗎？

B: Yeah, he told me the party was formal, so I wore a suit an d tie. But everybody else there was wearing a T-shirt and blue jeans. It sure make me feel like a fool.

可不，他告訴我那個(gè)晚會(huì)是正式的，所以我就穿了西裝，打了領(lǐng)帶，可是其他人穿T恤衫，這真使我感覺自己像個(gè)傻瓜似的。

第二， 地道表達(dá)

make a monkey out of somebody

1. 解詞釋義

Make a monkey out of somebody的意思是“使出丑，耍弄，愚弄”的意思。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. He made a monkey out of me with his wisecracks about my abilities.

他諷刺挖苦我的能力，出盡我的洋相。

e.g. I suddenly realized that I had been made a monkey out of by opponents.

我突然間意識(shí)到我被我的對(duì)手耍了。

e.g. I don't like being made a monkey out of in front of my friends; don't play your jokes on me again when we have guests.

我不喜歡在朋友面前被人戲弄。以后客人在場時(shí)，你不要再和我開玩笑。

e.g. The children won't get to make a monkey out of her. She's an old hand at baby-sitting.

孩子們是不會(huì)跟她胡鬧的，她是看孩子的老手了。

e.g. When you see Sarah, don't you dare make a monkey out of her or I'll punch you.

看見莎拉不要拿她開玩笑，不然小心我揍你。