点外卖滑了十分钟还没下单?逛淘宝加到购物车99件却一件没买?别怀疑,你不是拖延症,你只是被“spoilt for choice”——选择多到无从下手的典型!咱们这就把这个超地道的形容词短语拆给你看,让你下次面对菜单、offer、甚至对象时,不再选择恐惧,而是秒变“选择王者”!
【一、核心含义】
spoilt for choice = 好到爆表的选择多到让人纠结
注意:spoilt 是英式拼写,美式常用 spoiled,意思一样,都读 /spɔɪld/。
【二、场景例句】
1. 外卖场景
例句:There are 200 bubble-tea shops downstairs—I’m spoilt for choice!
翻译:楼下200家奶茶店,我选到头皮发麻!
2. 求职场景
例句:She got five job offers in one week and is now spoilt for choice.
翻译:她一周拿到五个offer,现在幸福得发愁。
3. 旅游场景
例句:In Kyoto, you’re spoilt for choice when it comes to temples.
翻译:在京都,逛寺庙多到让你犯选择困难。
4. 购物场景
例句:The new mall has so many sneaker brands that sneakerheads are spoilt for choice.
翻译:新商场球鞋品牌多到让鞋狗原地升天。
5. 恋爱场景
例句:On dating apps, some people are spoilt for choice and end up swiping forever.
翻译:交友软件上选择太多,有人滑到地老天荒。
【三、同义替换】
• overwhelmed by options 被选项淹没
• paralyzed by choice 被选择冻住
• have too many good things to pick from 好东西太多挑花眼
例句:I’m not spoilt for choice; I’m just paralyzed by choice.
翻译:我不是选择多,我是被选择吓瘫了。
【四、反义表达】
have no choice / be stuck between a rock and a hard place
例句:With only instant noodles left, I had no choice but to eat them.
翻译:只剩泡面,我别无选择只能干吃。
【五、口语升级】
1. 加副词
absolutely / utterly / simply spoilt for choice
例句:I’m utterly spoilt for choice at this buffet.
翻译:自助餐厅里我彻底挑花眼。
2. 倒装句
例句:Never have I been so spoilt for choice as in this bookstore.
翻译:从没像在这家书店这样选择多到炸。
【六、小口诀】
“三筛两问一闭眼”
筛价格、筛评价、筛需求;问朋友、问内心;最后闭眼点一个。
例句:After the 3-2-1 trick, I stopped being spoilt for choice and ordered the pork ramen.
翻译:三筛两问一闭眼后,我果断点了豚骨拉面。
【练习题】
1. 翻译:面对50种口味的冰淇淋,我直接选择困难。
2. 填空:With 30 streaming platforms, viewers are ______ ______ ______.
3. 选择题:Which phrase is NOT similar to “spoilt for choice”?
A. drowning in options B. short on choices C. spoiled for choice
4. 改错:I’m spoil for choice at the sneaker drop.(两处错误)
5. 造句:用“spoilt for choice”描述你最近一次纠结的网购经历(中英各一句)。
【答案】
1. Faced with 50 ice-cream flavors, I’m spoilt for choice.
2. spoilt for choice
3. B
4. spoilt/spoiled for choice
5. 示例:中文——“昨晚直播间口红颜色多到让我 spoilt for choice,最后闭眼买了03号。”
英文——“Last night the livestream had so many lipstick shades that I was spoilt for choice; I closed my eyes and picked No. 03.”