“put on weight”是英语中常用的动词短语,核心含义是“变胖;增重;体重增加”。它强调体重上升的结果或过程,既可以指因饮食、缺乏运动等导致的“发胖”(常含轻微负面色彩),也可以指因病弱、消瘦需要的“增重”(中性或正面)。
字面直译为“增加重量”,实际指向身体体重的增长,是“体重上升”的口语化表达。
人:描述某人的体重变化(如发胖、增重)。
例:She's put on a lot of weight since she quit smoking.(她戒烟后胖了很多。)
动物/婴儿:描述幼崽或宠物的生长(中性)。
例:The puppy has put on 3 kilos in a month.(这只小狗一个月长了3公斤。)
可在“put on weight”后加“数字+重量单位”,明确增加的体重。
例:I've put on 5 pounds over the holidays.(我假期胖了5磅。)
He needs to put on 2 kilos to reach a healthy weight.(他需要增重2公斤才能达到健康体重。)
一般现在时:描述常态或规律。
例:If you eat too much sugar, you put on weight easily.(如果你吃太多糖,很容易发胖。)
现在完成时:强调“已经发生的变化”(常与“since/for”连用)。
例:I haven't seen her in a year—she's put on so much weight!(我一年没见她了,她胖了好多!)
一般将来时:预测未来的体重变化。
例:You'll put on weight if you keep eating fast food every day.(如果你每天都吃快餐,会变胖的。)
负面:因暴饮暴食、缺乏运动导致的“发胖”(常见)。
例:I need to stop eating cakes—I'm putting on weight.(我得停止吃蛋糕了,我在发胖。)
正面:因体弱、消瘦需要的“增重”(强调健康需求)。
例:The doctor said I should put on some weight because I'm underweight.(医生说我太瘦了,应该增重。)
“lose weight”(减肥;减重),是“put on weight”的直接对立短语。
例:She's been losing weight by going to the gym every day.(她每天去健身房,正在减肥。)
“put on weight”是描述体重上升的通用表达,用法灵活,需结合语境判断是“发胖”还是“健康增重”。记住核心结构:主语 + put on (数字+单位) weight,就能准确使用啦!