You paint me black!被抹黑了

年底選戰升溫,謠言、誹謗滿天飛。在商場上,抹黑競爭對手的伎倆也是屢見不鮮。表示「抹黑」,最常用的單字是smear,但事實上,當你遭到誣衊、氣得牙癢癢時,以下3句話直接脫口而出也是對的喔!

【關鍵用法】
1、You paint me black! 你抹黑我!
解析:paint someone black直譯是「把某人塗黑」,正是我們常說的「抹黑」之意。相關諺語一併學起來:The devil is not as black as he is painted.(言過其實)

例句:Mary accused him of committing fraud. I believe that she just painted him black.(瑪麗指控他行騙,我相信她只是在抹黑他。)

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