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用中文说: "Wet Blanket"

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用中文说: "Wet Blanket"

Wet Blanket

【中文】让人扫兴的人、泼冷水的人。

    Ràng rén sǎoxìng de rén, pōlěngshuǐ de rén.

【解释】A person who spoils other people's fun by failing to join in with or by disapproving of their activities.

【例句】

- My dad is always the wet blanket. He calls off a poker game during family reunions on public holidays. At 11, he draws a line in the sand, and everyone has to go to bed.

 放假打牌,爸爸总是那个扫兴的人。夜里11点是他划的一个界限,之后大家必须都去睡觉。

 Fàngjià dǎpái, bàba zǒng shì nàgè sǎoxìng de rén. Yèlǐ 11 diǎn shì tā huà de yīgè jièxiàn, zhīhòu dàjiā bìxū dōu qù shuìjiào.

- Please don't invite him. He is such a wet blanket. He has this ability to spoil the fun for everyone.

 还是别邀请他了。他很会泼冷水,要是有他在我们一定玩不开心的。

 Háishì bié yāoqǐng tā le. Tā hěn huì pōlěngshuǐ, yàoshi yǒu tā zài wǒmen yīdìng wán bù kāixīn de.

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