A: Sorry to hear that you were passed over for the promotion.
(聽說你錯失這次升職機會,真令人遺憾。)
B: I probably brought it on myself. I should have been more outspoken.
(可能是我自找的吧。我應該要更勇敢表達意見的。)
A: Eric’s wife left him, and now he’s losing his house too.
(艾瑞克的老婆離開他了,而且現在他連房子都保不住了。)
B: I have no sympathy for him. He brought it on himself drinking and gambling.
(我一點不同情他。他酗酒又賭博,這種下場是自找的。)
A: The bank rejected my loan application. What a bunch of snobs!
(銀行拒絕了我的貸款申請。真是一群勢利鬼!)
B: You brought this on yourself. I told you to not to get too far behind on your credit card payments. It’s difficult for someone with bad credit to get a bank loan.
(這是你自找的。我跟你說過信用卡費不要欠太久。信用紀錄不好的人很難申請到銀行貸款。)