强调通过主观努力,把内心的强烈情绪(如愤怒、恐惧、眼泪)或冲动(如想大喊、逃跑)“压下去”“克制住”,不让其爆发或表现出来。
结构:fight down + 名词/代词(接需要抑制的情绪/欲望/冲动类名词)
常见搭配的名词有:
情绪类:anger(愤怒)、fear(恐惧)、panic(恐慌)、tears(眼泪)、sadness(悲伤)
欲望/冲动类:urge(冲动)、temptation(诱惑)、desire(欲望)
1、 抑制情绪:
She fought down her anger when her colleague took credit for her work.
(当同事把她的工作成果据为己有时,她抑制住了愤怒。)
2、 克服恐惧:
He had to fight down his fear of heights to climb the ladder.
(他必须克服恐高才能爬梯子。)
3、 压制眼泪:
It was hard to fight down the tears at her grandfather’s funeral.
(在祖父的葬礼上,她很难抑制住眼泪。)
4、 克制冲动:
I fought down the urge to eat another piece of cake.
(我克制住了再吃一块蛋糕的冲动。)
fight down:针对内在的情绪/冲动(如愤怒、欲望),强调“压制”;
fight off:针对外在的威胁/困扰(如敌人、疾病、诱惑),强调“击退;摆脱”(例:She fought off a cold with rest and medicine. 她通过休息和吃药摆脱了感冒。)
总结:fight down 是“向内压制”,用于管控自己的情绪或冲动;只要记住它搭配“内在感受”,就能轻松掌握其用法~