Let off steam 宣泄被壓抑的情感
Would you have a bath to let off some steam?
今日短語(yǔ)
今日小常識(shí)
The English city of Bath was founded by the Romans, who were attracted by the hot mineral springs in the area. The Great Bath in this photo used to be inside a hall that was 40 metres high. For visitors at that time, this was probably the largest building they had ever entered.
英國(guó)著名城市巴斯是由古羅馬人創(chuàng)建的。羅馬人當(dāng)年被此地區(qū)的溫泉所吸引。圖片中看到的是巴斯大浴室，這個(gè)浴室原來(lái)建在一個(gè)高為40米的大廳里。對(duì)當(dāng)時(shí)的參觀者來(lái)說(shuō)，這可能是他們見(jiàn)到過(guò)的最高的大樓了。
我們可以用非正式表達(dá) let off steam 來(lái)表示宣泄被壓抑的情感、釋放情感，在日常對(duì)話(huà)中尤其被用來(lái)形容“把心里的話(huà)都一股腦地說(shuō)出來(lái)”。
例句
Ruth spent the whole afternoon complaining about her boss. She needed to let off some steam.
We often go jogging after work to let off steam.
請(qǐng)注意
另一個(gè)短語(yǔ) run out of steam 的意思是“精疲力盡，在事情進(jìn)行過(guò)程中突然失去精力或興趣”。
例句
My mum can talk for hours before she runs out of steam.
The beginning of his speech was fantastic but after a while he started to run out of steam.
