英语中表示颜色的单词与情感的关系

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英语中表示不同颜色的单词有时可用来表示人们的各种情绪和心态,往往具有形象逼真之感.

1. Red

a. The cruelty of this woman to the children makes her neighbors see red.

这个妇女虐待孩子的行为使其邻居们非常气愤.

b. As soon as he led the talk round to borrowing money she saw the red light.

他刚把话题转向借钱的事,她就感到情况不妙.

c. He's getting red with anger.

他变得怒不可遏,满脸涨红.

d. On the football match might, the young people painted the city red.

足球赛那天晚上,年轻人异常兴奋,喧哗不已.

e. When I mentioned it to her, she went red.

当我向她提及这事时,她满脸羞色.

f. She cries with red eyes.

她哭得两眼通红.

2. Green

a. They are active in exercises to remain for ever green like the pine trees.

他们积极锻炼,永保青春,像松树一样青葱茁壮.

b. His grandpa is in a green old age.

他爷爷虽年高,但精神抖擞,老当益壮.

c. She was green with jealousy.

她妒忌如火.

d. He is still green at this job.

他是个新手,对此工作尚还生疏.

3. Yellow

a. She is too yellow to stand up and fight.

她太胆怯,不敢起来抵抗.

b. Don’t tell him such an important thing for he is a yellow belly.

不要把这么重要的事情告诉他,他是个可鄙的胆小鬼.

c. He is a yellow guy, don’t trust him.

他是个靠不住的人,不要相信他.

4. Black

a. The old woman is now in a black mood.

这个老妇人心情低沉.

b. When Mr.Smith heard his son hadn’t been to school. He looked black.

当史密斯先生听说他儿子没去过学校,面带怒容.

c. She has got many black looks for her speech criticizing the general manager of our company.

她因为说了批评公司总经理的话而面露悻色.

d. He gave me such a black look as I passed him.

我走过他时,他恶狠狠地瞪了我一眼.

e. That man is a black-hearted villain.

那个人是个黑心肠恶棍.

5. Blue

a. She has turned blue with fear after hearing this news.

她听了这个消息后吓得脸色一下子变得发青.

b. John was feeling rather blue that day.

那天约翰的心境不佳.

c. Things became bluer than ever for them.

事情对他们来说变得越来越糟了.

d. The news was a great shock to her, it came absolutely out of the blue.

这消息对她来说是个巨大的打击,简直是晴天霹雳.

e. You can talk till all is blue but I can’t believe you.

你喜欢谈多久就谈多久,但是我并不相信你的话.

6. White

a. Her lips seem white with terror.

她看来吓得嘴唇发白.

b. He showed the white feather when danger came.

遇到危险时他显得十分胆怯.

c. Sometimes we are forced to tell white lies.

有时我们不得不撒善意的谎.

d. She went white with fright .

他因害怕而面无血色.