跟外国朋友聊天时，他们常会说“I feel you”，此时，你不会以为他是真真切切的“感觉到你”了吧？

　　

                                        （图源：视觉中国）

 

　　feel是“感觉”没错，但“I feel you”就是“我感觉你”吗？

　　

 

             （图源：Cambridge Dictionary）

 

　　实际上，I feel you. = I understand you.

 

　　在日常对话中，这句话经常用来表示明白对方想要表达的感觉，也就是“我懂你；我理解你的感受；我感同身受”。

 

　　例句：

 

　　I know how hard it is to lose a loved one. I feel you.

 

　　我知道失去亲人有多么痛苦。我理解你。

 

　　He was nodding his head as if to say "I feel you."

 

　　他点头仿佛在说“我懂你”。

 

　　除了“I feel you”外，还有一些比较容易被理解错的表达↓

 

　　I ask you ≠ 我问你

 

　　I ask you放在句尾用于表示吃惊或愤怒，非常生气地质问对方“这叫什么事啊！”

 

　　例句：

 

　　They stayed for a month and left without even saying thank you！ Well, I ask you！

 

　　他们住了一个月却连句谢谢都没说就走了。这叫什么事啊！

 

　　I see you ≠ 我看见你

 

　　I see you常用语深情的表白，电影《阿凡达》中，纳威人会对爱人、长者说：“I see you”，不仅仅是想表达“我看得见你”，更想诉说的是“我懂你；我能感受到你”，甚至有些时候，I see you 比I love you更能表达心中爱意。

 

　　例句：

 

　　- Rose： Well, you have a gift, Jack. You see people.

 

　　- Rose：嗯，你很有天赋，Jack。你确实有。你能看懂人。

 

　　- Jack： I see you.

 

　　- Jack：我也看懂了你。

 

　　I hear you ≠ 我听见你

 

　　美剧中经常会出现这个表达，I hear you其实是“我知道啦，我懂你”的意思。

 

　　例句：

 

　　- A： You know I just can't take it anymore. I want a divorce.

 

　　- A：我真的受不了了，我要离婚。

 

　　- B： Hey, I hear you. But calm down, let’s talk it out.

 

　　- B：我懂你的意思。但先冷静一下，有事好说。

 

　　关于feel的表达

 

　　1. feel your age

 

　　释义：

 

　　to realize that you are no longer young

 

　　意识到自己老了，感到自己上年纪了

 

　　例句：

 

　　Everybody there looked under 20 and I really felt my age.

 

　　那儿所有人看起来都不满20岁，我确实觉得自己老了。

 

　　2. feel free

 

　　释义：

 

　　If someone tells you to feel free to do something, they mean that you can do it if you want to.

 

　　尽管做，可以随便（做…）

 

　　例句：

 

　　Feel free to help yourself to coffee.

 

　　请随意喝咖啡。

 

　　3. feel it in your bones

 

　　释义：

 

　　to believe something strongly although you cannot explain why

 

　　直觉确信，本能感到

 

　　例句：

 

　　It's going to be a good summer-I can feel it in my bones.

 

　　今年夏天将会特别舒适--直觉告诉我的。

 

　　4. feel the pinch

 

　　释义：

 

　　to have problems with money because you are earning less than before

 

　　（由于收入减少而）手头拮据

 

　　例句：

 

　　When my father lost his job and we had to live on my mother's earnings, we really started to feel the pinch.

 

　　当父亲下岗，我们的生活不得不依靠母亲的工资时，我们开始真正感受到了手头拮据。

 

　　5. feel your way

 

　　释义1：

 

　　to judge where you are going by touching with your hands instead of looking

 

　　摸索着走动

 

　　例句：

 

　　The room was so dark, I had to feel my way along the wall to the door.

 

　　房间里太黑了，我只得沿着墙摸索着走到门口。

 

　　释义2：

 

　　to act slowly and carefully because you are not certain how to do something

 

　　谨慎行事

 

　　例句：

 

　　It's my first month in the job so I'm still feeling my way.

 

　　这是我做这份工作的第一个月，所以我还在摸索。

 

　　6. feel sb/sth out

 

　　释义：

 

　　to try to get information from someone or from a situation without asking direct questions

 

　　试探出…的意见（或态度）

 

　　例句：

 

　　I think they are trying to feel out what the new relationship should be.

 

　　我想他们还在试探新的关系应该是什么样的。

 

　　7. feel flattered

 

　　释义：

 

　　to feel very pleased and proud because someone has said good things about you or has made you feel important

 

　　被奉承得高兴；感到荣幸

 

　　例句：

 

　　We felt flattered that so many people came to our party.

 

　　这么多人来参加我们的聚会，我们感到十分荣幸。

 

　　8. feel hard done-by

 

　　释义：

 

　　to feel that you have been treated unfairly

 

　　觉得受到不公正的对待

 

　　例句：

 

　　I'm feeling hard done-by because I've been taking care of the kids all week and Steve's been out every night.

 

　　整整一周我都在看孩子，而史蒂夫每晚都出去玩，我觉得不公平。

 

　　9. feel at home

 

　　释义：

 

　　to feel comfortable and relaxed

 

　　感觉自在，不拘束

 

　　例句：

 

　　By the end of the week she was beginning to feel at home in her new job.

 

　　到一周快结束时，她开始对新工作感到适应了。

 

　　10. feel like a new woman/man

 

　　释义：

 

　　to feel very much better

 

　　感觉好很多

 

　　例句：

 

　　That holiday was fantastic-I feel like a whole new woman since I came back.

 

　　那个假期对我大有裨益--回来后我感觉自己好像完全变了个人似的。

 

　　11. not feel myself

 

　　释义：

 

　　not to be, seem, or feel as happy or as healthy as usual

 

　　感觉自己身体不适

 

　　例句：

 

　　I went to see the doctor because I haven't been feeling myself lately.

 

　　我最近觉得身体不适，去看了病。