She was impossible to please.
對(duì)話
First clerk: I've just had a terrible hour and a half.
Second clerk: Why, what happened?
First clerk: Well I had a lady customer come in who wanted to buy a pair of shoes. And you know we've got a really good range.
Second clerk: We certainly do. Did she buy a pair?
First clerk: No, but she didn't leave before getting me to bring her every single pair we had in the shop. And she complained about every single one.
Second clerk: I'd say she was impossible to please.
店員一：我剛才那一個(gè)半小時(shí)真是難過極了。
店員二：為什么？
店員一：有個(gè)女顧客走進(jìn)來，要買一雙鞋子。你知道啦，我們貨色十分齊全。
店員二：沒錯(cuò)。她有沒有買？
店員一：沒有，但她要我把店里每一雙鞋子都拿給她試穿，然后才離去。每雙鞋子她都不滿意。
店員二：這人看來是什么都不滿意的。
‘店員’英美叫法不同：英國叫shop assistant，美國則叫clerk。由于clerk也可指辦公室職員，有時(shí)為免誤會(huì)，可叫sales clerk，例如：The (sales) clerks at the department store are all very helpful（這家百貨公司的售貨員都很樂意為顧客服務(wù)）。但遇上麻煩的客人，不管多好的店員事后恐怕也會(huì)抱怨一聲：I'd say he/she was impossible to please。留意I would say這說法。英文常用would字，使語氣委婉一點(diǎn)。提出個(gè)人看法的句子，往往就用I would say/think為言，例如：(1) I would say she is over thirty（我想，她不止三十歲了）。(2) I'll finish this piece of work by seven o'clock, I would think（我想，我可以在七點(diǎn)鐘以前做好這件工作）。
最后要談She was impossible to please這句式。Easy（容易）、difficult/hard（困難）、good/nice/pleasant（好）、impossible（不可能）、ready（準(zhǔn)備好）等形容詞之后，英文常用‘to＋原形動(dòng)詞(infinitive)’，有被動(dòng)含義，例如：(1) The job is easy/difficult to do（這工作很容易/很難做）。(2) This cake is nice/good to eat（這蛋糕很好吃）。(3) The coat is now ready to wear（外衣現(xiàn)在可以穿了）。這些句子的‘to＋原形動(dòng)詞’之前，可視為有一隱形的for somebody，例如The job is easy for you to do，所以不用被動(dòng)語態(tài)to be done之類。She is impossible (for anyone) to please也是用這句式，等于It is impossible (for anyone) to please her
對(duì)話
First clerk: I've just had a terrible hour and a half.
Second clerk: Why, what happened?
First clerk: Well I had a lady customer come in who wanted to buy a pair of shoes. And you know we've got a really good range.
Second clerk: We certainly do. Did she buy a pair?
First clerk: No, but she didn't leave before getting me to bring her every single pair we had in the shop. And she complained about every single one.
Second clerk: I'd say she was impossible to please.
店員一：我剛才那一個(gè)半小時(shí)真是難過極了。
店員二：為什么？
店員一：有個(gè)女顧客走進(jìn)來，要買一雙鞋子。你知道啦，我們貨色十分齊全。
店員二：沒錯(cuò)。她有沒有買？
店員一：沒有，但她要我把店里每一雙鞋子都拿給她試穿，然后才離去。每雙鞋子她都不滿意。
店員二：這人看來是什么都不滿意的。
‘店員’英美叫法不同：英國叫shop assistant，美國則叫clerk。由于clerk也可指辦公室職員，有時(shí)為免誤會(huì)，可叫sales clerk，例如：The (sales) clerks at the department store are all very helpful（這家百貨公司的售貨員都很樂意為顧客服務(wù)）。但遇上麻煩的客人，不管多好的店員事后恐怕也會(huì)抱怨一聲：I'd say he/she was impossible to please。留意I would say這說法。英文常用would字，使語氣委婉一點(diǎn)。提出個(gè)人看法的句子，往往就用I would say/think為言，例如：(1) I would say she is over thirty（我想，她不止三十歲了）。(2) I'll finish this piece of work by seven o'clock, I would think（我想，我可以在七點(diǎn)鐘以前做好這件工作）。
最后要談She was impossible to please這句式。Easy（容易）、difficult/hard（困難）、good/nice/pleasant（好）、impossible（不可能）、ready（準(zhǔn)備好）等形容詞之后，英文常用‘to＋原形動(dòng)詞(infinitive)’，有被動(dòng)含義，例如：(1) The job is easy/difficult to do（這工作很容易/很難做）。(2) This cake is nice/good to eat（這蛋糕很好吃）。(3) The coat is now ready to wear（外衣現(xiàn)在可以穿了）。這些句子的‘to＋原形動(dòng)詞’之前，可視為有一隱形的for somebody，例如The job is easy for you to do，所以不用被動(dòng)語態(tài)to be done之類。She is impossible (for anyone) to please也是用這句式，等于It is impossible (for anyone) to please her