【单词】想减肥,lose weight 怎么用才正确?

Lose weight

夏天到了,很多人又开始减肥了。可是,如果要用英文表达自己想要减肥,那下面这个句子怪在哪里呢?

? I want to lose my weight.

粗粗一看好像没什么问题,仔细看好像还是没问题。哈哈,其实问题出在my这个词。如果你说 my weight , 这意味着如果你想要的话,你也是可以减别人的肥的。my 暗示这次是 my 肥,下次可能是your 肥,以后可能是 her 肥,也就是说,你可以选择减谁的肥。

是不是很怪,所以解决办法就是去掉 my:

√ I want to lose weight.

只要说lose weight,我们听了都会假定是主语那个人要减肥。

He's pretty fat. I think he really needs to lose weight.

(他很胖,我想他真的需要减肥。)

She ate so much during Chinese New Year. Now she wants to lose weight.

(她在过年时吃了好多,现在她想要减肥。)

lose 与 weight 中间加某个词,通常不是表示谁的肥,而是要减多少肥。

He looks OK, but he needs to lose a little weight.

(他看起来还不错,只要稍微减一点肥。)

Wow, after she started jogging, she lost a lot of weight.

(哇!她慢跑之后瘦了好多。)

I'd like to lose some weight.

(我想瘦一点。)

当然,如果要说减几公斤时,你可以省略weight这个词:

I lost five kilos this summer!

(我今年夏天减了五公斤!)

I need to lose about ten pounds after eating like a pig during my Christmas vacation.

(在圣诞节期间吃得像只猪之后,我需要减个十磅。)

* 不用说减谁的肥,说 lose weight 就好了。

祝大家这个夏天瘦成闪电~

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