7. In fact, he wasn't really crying — it had been years since he'd really cried — but he knew that if he screwed up his face and wailed, his mother would give him anything he wanted.【翻译】其实,他并没有真哭,他已经有好多年没有真的哭过了。他知道,只要他一哭丧着脸,嗷嗷地号叫,母亲就会满足他的任何要求。
【解说】今天的句子选自《哈利·波特》英文原版小说,screw up 表示“(因光强、疼痛等)扭曲(面孔、眼睛)”还可以表示“把(某物)弄糟;搞乱某事”,wail v. 哀号;悲叹 n. 哀号;悲叹;恸哭声。
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