小编导读:本周的美剧词汇选自《犯罪心理》第一季第一集。kid谁都知道是啥意思,但是在口语里它的活用度远远超过你的想象哦!

原声音频:

Hotch: We get an address on Linder?

Reid:It's coming right now. Does senior management want a field assessment on Gideon?

Hotch: Don't worry about it.

Reid: Are they nervous about him being in charge?

Hotch: Aren't you on your way back to Slessman's house to help Morgan?

Reid: Do you know why he always introduces me as Dr. Reid?

Hotch: Because he knows that people see you as a kid, and he wants to make sure that they respect you.

霍奇:查到林德的地址了吗?

瑞德:快了。高层会想给吉迪恩做现场评估吗?

霍奇:别担心。

瑞德:上面很紧张他负责这个案子吗?

霍奇:你不是要回瑟莱斯曼的住所去帮摩根吗?

瑞德:你知道为什么他总向别人介绍我是里德博士吗?

霍奇:因为他知道别人拿你当小孩子,他想让他们尊重你。

Kid

例句音频示范(BY好好):

When the word "kid" is used as a verb, it means to tease or joke around with someone.
当kid作为动词使用时,意为取笑或者戏弄某个人。

He's not serious. He's just kidding.
他不是有意的,他只是开玩笑。

You shouldn't kid her about the way she looks. She's very sensitive.
你不该拿她的外表开玩笑,她很敏感的。

Mike said that he was just kidding around, but the women he worked with took offense in what he said, so he was fired.
麦克说他刚刚只是开个玩笑,但是他的女同事们觉得他的话冒犯了她们,所以他被解雇了。

The word "kid" is also used as a noun. A kid is a young person, usually someone under the age of 18 or someone who seems young to an older person. Parents often use the word "kid" to describe their children no matter what age they are:
Kid也可以作为名词来使用,kid指的是年轻人,通常是小于18岁或者比年长者要年轻的人。不管孩子的实际年龄是多少,他们的父母常用kid来形容他们:

Martha has three kids. Her son is eleven years old, and her daughters are fifteen and twenty-three.
玛莎有三个孩子,儿子13岁,两个女儿分别是15岁和23岁。

Do you have any kids? How many kids do you have?
你有孩子吗?你有几个孩子?

A group of kids at the park played hide-and-seek.
一群孩子在公园里玩捉迷藏。

Sometimes adults use the word "kiddo" when directly addressing a young person. This is generally regarded as a term of endearment:
有时候大人们会用kiddo来直接称呼年轻人,大家普遍认为这是一种表达亲密的说法:

Hey, kiddo. Come over here. I want to talk to you.
嘿,小伙子,上这儿来,我想跟你说说话。

How are you doing today, kiddo?
你今天过得怎么样,孩子?

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