smallwind Posted July 19, 2004 at 03:35 AM Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 at 03:35 AM How to say in Mardarin?? 1.I promise to come up with someting. 2.I snapped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galitonwu Posted July 19, 2004 at 05:27 AM Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 at 05:27 AM 1. 我承诺要赶上某事. come up with 追及; 呈出; 供给; 复仇; 责罚; 提出(建议); [口]找到(答案, 解决办法) 2. snap 来自中古荷兰语或中古低地德语snappen [snAp] vt, vi -pp- 突然折断，突然断裂 The rope snapped. 绳子突然断了。 发出突然折断的声响；使发破裂声 （常与at连用）猛然咬；噬 Your dog snapped at me. 你的狗咬了我。 劈啪作响地移动 He snapped down the lid of the box. 他啪哒一声关上箱盖。 （不耐烦或愤怒时）快速地说 拍照，拍…的快照 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claw Posted July 19, 2004 at 05:36 AM Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 at 05:36 AM galitonwu: Actually none of those definitions of snap matches what I believe smallwind is asking. I believe "to snap" in this case means "to lapse into momentary rage" or "to lose one's temper" (i.e. He snapped after he could not handle the pressure anymore.) -- it's somewhat of a slang term. So, "I snapped" could be translated as: 我發脾氣了。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted July 19, 2004 at 05:45 AM Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 at 05:45 AM What about 起火 for snapped - to lose your temper. To snap usually implies that you've been trying to keep your temper for a while though, I think. It's my best guess though. Roddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeijingSlacker Posted July 20, 2004 at 06:22 AM Report Share Posted July 20, 2004 at 06:22 AM What about 起火 for snapped - to lose your temper. 起火(catch fire） doesn't really mean "to lose your temper". You were trying to say 发火？( get mad with someone.） “我（最后终于）急了”might be be a proper translation to "I snapped" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted September 28, 2004 at 07:37 AM Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 at 07:37 AM I've got 'fume, become enraged' here for 起火, but I haven't been able to find any examples of it actually being used. It's third after 'be on fire' and 'start the fire (to cook)'. . . I think I did mean 发火 though. Roddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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