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Tantrum

發佈時間: 2018/01/08

Tantrum

兩歲孩童最難搞定!漸漸有自己的想法,甚至一番執着,卻未必能夠自己完成事情。請大人幫忙,又未必能夠好好表達。如果大人缺乏耐性,兩歲小孩很容易發脾氣(tantrum)。

名詞tantrum解「發脾氣」,突如其來、不受控制、嘈吵地發洩憤怒,通常用於小孩。Tantrum常配動詞have或者throw-have/throw a tantrum。例句︰Charlotte had/threw a tantrum in the street today because her mother wouldn't buy him the toy.(夏洛特今天在街上發脾氣,因為她媽媽不給她買玩具。)He constantly throws a tantrum at school as the teacher doesn't allow him to run around.(因為老師不讓他跑來跑去,他不時在學校發脾氣。)

如果將tantrum一字用於描述成人,就是批評他們發脾氣,行為幼稚,猶如小孩。

例句︰My mum threw a tantrum and stomped up and down like a child yesterday night just because I didn't wash the dishes.(只是因為我沒有洗碗,所以媽媽昨天晚上發脾氣,就像小孩一樣跺腳。)

Tantrum一字無論用於大人或小孩,均帶貶義。

(本欄逢周一、三、五刊登)

撰文: Ally 最漂亮英文專業老師
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