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當(dāng)朋友做了一件事，不僅費(fèi)力，還不討好時(shí)，我們就會對他說一句：“你何苦呢”。那么問題來了，“何苦”用英語該怎么說呢？ 正確的表達(dá)是：why bother. bother /?b?e?(r)/ v. 使…不安，使…煩惱why bother直譯的話是“為什么使自己煩惱”，也就是“何苦”啦~You won't get any credit for doing it, so why bother? Why bother getting up so early when you don't have a job to go to? ????一般提到“何苦”的話，就說明做的那件事沒有必要，那么“沒有必要”又該怎么說呢？我們通常能想到的表達(dá)是：don't need to 和 not necessary，當(dāng)然我們還可以說成：it's not worth the trouble.It's not worth the trouble applying for that job. you've no chance of getting it. 在美劇《摩登家庭》中，Gloria在看球賽時(shí)和別人起了沖突，接著有了下邊的對話： Gloria: I thought you were going to punch that guy back there. Jay: Ah, I got 60 pounds on the kid. And it's not worth the trouble. -我比那孩子壯60磅呢。為這點(diǎn)小事沒必要的。
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