earful
earful 英 [ˈɪəfʊl] 美 [ˈɪrfʊl]
n. 令人吃惊的回答；怨言；听腻了的消息
名词复数:earfuls
- When you give someone an earful, you angrily tell the person what you think. Your teacher might give the class an earful when no one has finished yesterday's homework.
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- n. 令人吃惊的回答；怨言；听腻了的消息
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1. "The worst thing is when someone is giving you a real earful and you think 'I'm going to say something I will regret'," he said.
他说：“最糟糕的就是有人非常严厉地斥责你或向你抱怨时，你觉得‘我可能会说出一些让自己后悔的话’。”
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2. Either way, he's sure to get an earful about it on Thursday, when he makes an overnight trip to Silicon Valley to meet with tech industry CEOs and try to sell them on his budget.
不过不管怎样，奥巴马上上周四连夜赶往硅谷，与科技界的首席执行官们会面，向他们兜售自己的预算方案，当时他肯定会听到一大堆有关免税的说词。
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3. Mr. Reid said he also expected to get an earful, but from Americans who will benefit from the expanded health-care coverage and new rules on insurance companies.
雷德说，他也预计会听到耳朵起茧，但是来自那些将从医保范围扩大以及保险公司新规定中受益的美国民众。
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