名人教英文﹕大發脾氣 古德明
To have a hissy fit
大發脾氣
Mary: Did you see Conchita after the dancing contest?
瑪麗﹕舞蹈比賽之後，你有沒有見過康奇塔？
Janine: Not right after, but a bit later. I could see she was in a really bad mood.
雅尼納﹕比賽剛完結之後沒有，稍後卻有，看得出她心情很差。
Mary: She was a lot worse when the results were announced. She had a hissy fit when she learned that she and her partner hadn\'t won.
瑪麗﹕比賽結果宣布時，她表現還惡劣得多。聽到自己和舞伴沒有得獎，她就大發脾氣。
Janine: I\'m not surprised. She never likes losing and she always blames somebody else.
雅尼納﹕這不奇怪。她從來不甘心落敗，總是怪責別人。
Mary: Yes, she kicked her partner in the ankle and said it was his fault, poor guy.
瑪麗﹕不錯。她一腳踢在舞伴腳踝上，說都是他不好。她舞伴真可憐。
Janine: Well they\'re not going to be dancing together for much longer if that\'s how she behaves.
雅尼納﹕假如康奇塔繼續這樣，不多久他們就不會一起跳舞了。
康奇塔見自己沒有獲獎，大發脾氣﹕She had a hissy fit。Fit作名詞，指疾病或強烈感情的「發作」，例如﹕(1) He fell to the floor in an epileptic fit（他癲癇症發作，倒在地上）。(2) She wept in a fit of remorse（她十分懊悔，哭了起來）。To have/throw a fit則是「勃然大怒」的意思，和to have/throw a hissy fit沒有什麼分別，例如﹕He threw a (hissy) fit when he found out what had been done to his computer（他發覺電腦給弄成那個樣子，勃然大怒）。To have/throw a hissy fit是較通俗的說法，多用於口頭。
Hiss作動詞，指「發出嘶嘶聲」，例如﹕The cat, driven into a corner, turned and hissed at the children（那隻貓被趕進角落，轉身向孩子發出嘶嘶聲）。Hiss這種聲音，往往表示不滿，所以「發出噓聲」也可說to hiss，例如﹕The crowd booed and hissed at the Chief Executive when he appeared（行政長官一現身，人群就噓聲四起）。Hissy fit的hissy，當然是取這「不滿」、「憤怒」的意思。
康奇塔有什麼不如意，總是怪責人家﹕She always blames somebody else。留意blame解作「怪責」，是及物動詞（transitive verb），其後須有受詞（object）；不過，要說「某人應受責備」或「是某人的錯」，卻須說somebody is to blame，不可說somebody is blamed或somebody is to be blamed。請比較以下兩句﹕(1) I blamed myself for the accident（我為這意外事故自責）。(2) I was to blame for the accident（發生這意外事故，是我的錯）。
作者︰古德明
專研中英文，著有時事評論、英語學習、散文等書籍。
大發脾氣
Mary: Did you see Conchita after the dancing contest?
瑪麗﹕舞蹈比賽之後，你有沒有見過康奇塔？
Janine: Not right after, but a bit later. I could see she was in a really bad mood.
雅尼納﹕比賽剛完結之後沒有，稍後卻有，看得出她心情很差。
Mary: She was a lot worse when the results were announced. She had a hissy fit when she learned that she and her partner hadn\'t won.
瑪麗﹕比賽結果宣布時，她表現還惡劣得多。聽到自己和舞伴沒有得獎，她就大發脾氣。
Janine: I\'m not surprised. She never likes losing and she always blames somebody else.
雅尼納﹕這不奇怪。她從來不甘心落敗，總是怪責別人。
Mary: Yes, she kicked her partner in the ankle and said it was his fault, poor guy.
瑪麗﹕不錯。她一腳踢在舞伴腳踝上，說都是他不好。她舞伴真可憐。
Janine: Well they\'re not going to be dancing together for much longer if that\'s how she behaves.
雅尼納﹕假如康奇塔繼續這樣，不多久他們就不會一起跳舞了。
康奇塔見自己沒有獲獎，大發脾氣﹕She had a hissy fit。Fit作名詞，指疾病或強烈感情的「發作」，例如﹕(1) He fell to the floor in an epileptic fit（他癲癇症發作，倒在地上）。(2) She wept in a fit of remorse（她十分懊悔，哭了起來）。To have/throw a fit則是「勃然大怒」的意思，和to have/throw a hissy fit沒有什麼分別，例如﹕He threw a (hissy) fit when he found out what had been done to his computer（他發覺電腦給弄成那個樣子，勃然大怒）。To have/throw a hissy fit是較通俗的說法，多用於口頭。
Hiss作動詞，指「發出嘶嘶聲」，例如﹕The cat, driven into a corner, turned and hissed at the children（那隻貓被趕進角落，轉身向孩子發出嘶嘶聲）。Hiss這種聲音，往往表示不滿，所以「發出噓聲」也可說to hiss，例如﹕The crowd booed and hissed at the Chief Executive when he appeared（行政長官一現身，人群就噓聲四起）。Hissy fit的hissy，當然是取這「不滿」、「憤怒」的意思。
康奇塔有什麼不如意，總是怪責人家﹕She always blames somebody else。留意blame解作「怪責」，是及物動詞（transitive verb），其後須有受詞（object）；不過，要說「某人應受責備」或「是某人的錯」，卻須說somebody is to blame，不可說somebody is blamed或somebody is to be blamed。請比較以下兩句﹕(1) I blamed myself for the accident（我為這意外事故自責）。(2) I was to blame for the accident（發生這意外事故，是我的錯）。
作者︰古德明
專研中英文，著有時事評論、英語學習、散文等書籍。
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