“lose one's voice”是一个常用的英语短语,核心含义是“失声;嗓子哑了”,指因各种原因导致无法正常发声或声音严重沙哑的状态。
“lose one's voice”强调“无法说话/发声”的结果,通常是由于用嗓过度、喉咙炎症、感冒、过敏或剧烈刺激(如大喊、尖叫)等原因导致声带暂时或短期受损。
短语中的“one's”需根据主语替换为对应的形容词性物主代词(my/your/his/her/our/their)或名词所有格(如Mary's),以匹配主语的人称和数。
以下是不同时态、语境下的实用例子:
用“from/because of”引出原因:
I lost my voice from singing at the concert last night.(昨晚演唱会唱歌后我失声了。)
She has lost her voice because of a bad cold.(她因为重感冒哑了嗓子。)
Did you lose your voice from shouting too much at the game?(你在比赛中喊太多所以哑了吗?)
表示“嗓子逐渐变哑”:
I can't talk much right now—I'm losing my voice.(我现在不能多说,嗓子快哑了。)
He lost his voice during the debate yesterday, so he had to stop.(他昨天辩论时突然失声,只好停下来。)
Sorry, I've lost my voice—can we chat later?(抱歉,我哑了,我们晚点聊行吗?)
I didn't lose my voice even after teaching for 8 hours.(即使教了8小时课,我也没哑。)
Have you ever lost your voice before?(你以前失过声吗?)
通常是暂时状态,很少指永久失声(永久失声常用“permanently lose one's voice”)。
同义词/近义词:“have a hoarse voice”(声音沙哑)、“be unable to speak”(无法说话),但“lose one's voice”更强调“突然或因用嗓导致的失声”。
“lose one's voice”是描述“嗓子哑/失声”的地道表达,重点是主语因某种原因无法正常发声,使用时注意替换“one's”为对应物主代词,结合时态和原因状语即可灵活运用。