☞你可以天天說英語 － ☞Hog Something 獨吞╱霸佔某物

對 話

Steve：Did you see John hogging all the cake at the party？

史帝夫：約翰在派對上獨吞了整個蛋糕，你瞧見了嗎？

Mike：Yes. He even stuck his hands into it, so no one else would want any！

邁可：有啊。他竟然還用手戳蛋糕，那樣別人就會倒胃口，不想吃！

Steve：I don』t know why you always invite him to our parties. He』s kind of annoying.

史帝夫：我真不懂你幹嘛老邀他來聚會。他挺惹人厭的。

Mike：I didn』t invite him. I thought you did. He said you were on a basketball team together.

邁可：我又沒邀他。我以為是你約的。他說你們是在同一個籃球隊。

Steve：I didn』t invite him. And I hate basketball！

史帝夫：我才沒有約他。而且我超討厭籃球！

Mike：I know. But when I said that to John, he just walked away to get more cake.

邁可：我知道。可是當我這麼跟約翰講時，他只是走開去拿更多的蛋糕。

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★hog something

hog名詞指「閹過的公肉豬」，動詞表「獨吞」、「霸佔」。豬給人貪婪好吃形象，hog something表示某人自私自利，強佔應由眾人分享的東西。

另介紹一個和hog有關的用語：

★go（the）whole hog乾脆做到底╱徹底完成

★stick vt. 插入

例：Don』t stick your finger up your nose when I』m talking to you.（我跟你講話時別挖鼻孔。）