不要「多管閒事」!英文怎麼說? 多管閒事 *meddle Meddle 的意思是「干預、干涉、管閒事」,帶有負面含意。Stop meddling! 的意思就是「不要再多管閒事了!」後面可以加上 with 或是 in,來表示干預的事情或對象。例如:
Give me a break! Could you stop meddling with things that do not concern you?(饒了我吧!你可以別再插手那些與你無關的閒事嗎?)
*stick your nose into Stick 有「伸出」的意思,stick your nose into 的字面意思是「伸出你的鼻子去嗅探」,引申出「到處打探、多管閒事」的含意。例如:
Sticking your nose into others' personal affairs won't make you popular. You should just mind your own business.(到處打探別人私事不會讓你變得比較受歡迎。你應該管好你自己的事就好。)
愛管閒事的、多事的 *meddlesome *nosy He wanted to make contributions. But in his classmates' eyes, he was just being nosy / meddlesome.(他只是想做出貢獻。但在他同學眼中,他只是在多管閒事。) 愛管閒事的人 、好事者 *busybody Jack is such a busybody! He keeps meddling in others' business and giving his two cents even when we explicitly told him not to.(Jack 是個超愛管閒事的人!他不斷插手別人的事並告訴我們他怎麼想,即使我們很清楚告訴他別這樣做。)