| 1. | That would be laying herself open to a demonstration .
她一定会自讨没趣。 |
| 2. | I went to the general office, and ate dirt .
我到总办事处去，结果自讨没趣。 |
| 3. | He tried to kiss her but she quickly put him in his place .
他想要吻她，她顿时让他自讨没趣。 |
| 4. | She knows how to score off people who ask difficult questions .
她很会让那些给她出难题的人自讨没趣。 |
| 5. | He could not help rejoicing that he had never made the offer and been rejected .
他暗自庆幸，还好没有正式开口，以致自讨没趣。 |
| 6. | The soviet union would only embarrassed itself by proceeding to a security council vote in such circumstances .
在这种情况下，苏联若是要求提付安理会表决，只能是自讨没趣。 |
| 7. | You ' ll make yourself ill
你会自讨没趣的 |
| 8. | " shall you ever have courage to announce to lady catherine what is to befall her ?
“你有没有勇气把咖苔琳夫人的自讨没趣，向她自己宣布一遍？ ” |
| 9. | Indeed , it affected the entire atmosphere of the flat , as such things are inclined to do , and gave to his wife s mind its subdued and tactful turn , anxious to avoid taciturn replies
其实他还影响了整个屋子的气氛。这种事往往都是这样的。在这种气氛里，他的妻子性格变得谨小慎微，处事圆活，竭力避免自讨没趣。 |
