N-COUNT (意在博取别人同情的)诉苦,伤感故事 You describe what someone tells you about their own or someone else's difficulties as a sob story when you think that they have told you about it in order to get your sympathy.
Any sob story moved Jarvis to generosity. 别人随便一个受苦的故事都会把贾维斯感动得慷慨解囊。
Any sob story moved Jarvis to generosity. 别人随便一个受苦的故事都会把贾维斯感动得慷慨解囊。
Offer to help – but don't beg an employer for experience Don't use your covering letter to tell a sob story about why you need a job to give you experience – however desperate you feel. 7提供帮助-但不求雇主经验不要用你的求职信来讲诉一个关于你需要一份工作来给予你经验的哽咽故事,不论你多么绝望。
So we spin him a sob story. 我们给他来了场亲情戏。
Okay, let's hear your sob story. 好吧,让我们听一听你那伤心的故事。
A crook can tell the same sob story as the most desperate beggar. 一个骗子讲述的故事可以和最绝望的乞丐一样催人泪下的故事。
He told me a real sob story of how his wife had gone off with his best friend. 他告诉我他的妻子与他最好的朋友私奔这件伤心事。
He set me up by telling me a sob story. 他讲一个悲伤的故事给我听,使我落入圈套。
He told me a sob story and asked for help. 他给我讲了个悲伤的故事,然后寻求帮助。
When I phoned my employee to find out why she hadn't come to the office, I expected to hear a sob story about how sick she was, blah, blah, blah. 当我打电话给我的雇员问一问为什么她没来上班,原本期待中是听到一个她如何如何生病,感人泪下的话。
But this nice young man told me a sob story about needing money for a bus ticket to see his dying mother, so I gave him two dollars. 但是这个英俊而年轻的男人告诉我他需要钱买汽车票去见他濒死的妈妈,所以我给了他2美元。
My brother told me a real sob story, so I tend him$ 10. 我哥哥给我讲了一个非常催人泪下的煽情故事,骗我借给他十块钱。
The woman used her sob story to gain sympathy from the press. 那女人用她的悲伤故事(注:含有夸大做作之意)来赢得新闻界的同情心。
On my way home I saw him get into a new car and drive off and now I know he had given me a sob story. 可是,我在回家的路上看见他跨进了一辆新的汽车后就开走了。我这才知道他说的事全是假的。