| 内容 | 习语:a hard nut
 知识点津:nut除了指“坚果”的意思,还可以指“难题、难事、难对付的人”。A hard nut源于短语a hard nut to crack或者是a tough nut to crack,表示“顽固不化的人”“无知无觉的人”“顽冥不化的人”。
 迷你对话:
 A :Bob refused all his classmates' invitation.
 Bob 拒绝了班上所有人的邀请。
 B :I really couldn't understand him.
 我真不明白他这个人。
 A :He is surely a hard nut, nobody likes approaching him.
 他真是个脑子不开窍的人,没人愿意接近他。
 B :We'd better leave him alone.
 我们最好也别惹他。
 词海拾贝:
 leave alone:不理睬,不干涉,置之不理,不打搅
 He will leave alone things that might cause trouble; as he would say,"Let sleeping dogs lie."
 他从来不干招惹是非的事。他会说:“莫惹是非”。
 Leave my books alone.
 别动我的书。
 Justbuzz offand leave me alone!
 走开, 让我清静一下!
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