给某人打电话英文 拨给某人打电话英语

Give someone the time of day的含义

这是一个成语，在电影Love Story中的男主人公与其富翁的父亲有个对话，用到了这个成语，他是这么说的“You don’t give me the time of day.”。这句话的含义是什么呢？

Idiom: Give someone the time of day

Definition: to pay attention to someone —usually used in negative statements

牛津字典给出的解释为：

If someone will not give you the time of day, they are unfriendly and refuse to speak to you.

由此可见这个习语的含义是关注某人，往往用的是否定的表达方式，一般美国英语的非正规使用。

not give (one) the time of day

定义: To completely ignore, disregard, or be unfriendly toward one.

No one would give us the time of day.

没人愿意搭理我们。

I needed their help, but they wouldn&39;t give me the time of day.

我需要他们的帮助，但他们不在意我。

We had an argument with our neighbours, and now they won&39;t even give us the time of day.

我们和邻居吵了一架，现在他们都不理我们了。

Once he found such huge success, Tom won&39;t give any of his old friends the time of day.

汤姆一旦取得如此巨大的成功，就不再理他的老朋友了。

That guy didn&39;t give me the time of day back in high school, and now he won&39;t stop calling me.

高中的时候那家伙根本不理我，现在他还不停地给我打电话。