每日一句经典英语 每日一句初级口语第61期:早知道不该做

每日一句初级口语第61期:早知道不该做  

Know better than... 早知道不该……,用法透视,该句的意思是“懂得，明事理而不至于做……”，可用来对某人做某事表示不满、后悔、劝阻等。,支持范例,1. You should know better than to go swimming right after eating.
你应该知道饭后不能立即去游泳。,2. You are old enough to know better than to spend all your money on clothes.
你年纪足够大了，应该知道不该把钱全花在买衣服上。,3. I know better than to lend him any money to gamble.
我知道不能借钱给他去赌博。,会话记忆,A: Harry, e here immediately!
哈利，立刻到这儿来！,B:What?
有什么事吗？,A: Don't take that tone with me! I saw you hit your brother.
别给我来这样的腔调。我看见你打你弟弟了。,B: No! He hit me first.
不是的！是他先打我的。,A: I don't care. You know better than to hit him. Go sit on your bed for 10 minutes.
我不管。你知道你不该打他的。去，到你房间牀上静坐十分钟。,多说两句：,用于相似场景的句子还有"I told you." 意思是“我早就告诉过你了（谁让你不听我的呢，后悔了吧）”。例如在《欲望都市》中，Miranda 不听Carrie的劝告去跟一个无赖男约会，最后不欢而散。在回去的路上Carrie就对Miranda说"I told you"。这句话也可以说成"told you"。