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"好吃到流口水"英語怎么形容？

But meals were nicer; and as for sweets, I wont tell you how cheap and good they were, because it would only make your mouth water in vain.

不過，膳食要好一些；至于糖果嘛，我不想告訴你那有多便宜、多好吃，因為那只能使你白白地流口水。

--《納尼亞傳奇》

"流口水"-- make your mouth water, "白白地流口水"-- make your mouth water in vain.

我們來用這兩個短語仿寫幾個句子：

The smell of the cooked fish made my mouth water.

做好的魚那味道把我饞得直流口水。

Does it make your mouth water?

饞得口水都留出來了吧？

再來學習vain這個單詞，它有"徒勞的，自負的，虛榮的"意思：

I think he is shallow, vain and untrustworthy.

我認為他淺薄虛榮，不可信任。

Police searched in vain for the missing gunman.

警方搜尋失蹤的持槍歹徒，但毫無結果。

She closed her eyes tightly in a vain attempt to hold back the tears.

她緊緊地閉上眼睛，想忍住眼淚，但眼淚還是禁不住往下流。

All our efforts were in vain.

我們所有的努力都白費了。

Have you been taking my name in vain again?

你又在濫用我的名義吧？

Are you going to take the name of the Lord in vain when you do?

你這么做，打算讓他們罵你嗎?