英语炎热的怎么说（简单英语中的不简单）

“我怕热/冷”，很简单的英语表达。大多数人会说成I’m afraid of hot/cold。实际上“be Afraid of”指的是心理上的某种害怕，而“我怕冷”则是一种身体上的感觉。现向您介绍一下afraid的正确用法，然后再说一下“我（身体）怕热/冷”的正确英语表达。

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Afraid

Collins：If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you.

例句：

1. I was afraid of the other boys

2. I'm still afraid to sleep in my own bedroom

两个例句说的都是心理上的“害怕”，并非身体上的“不适”。Afraid（害怕）的对象无论是“人”还是“事”，都代表着某种胆怯的心理。下面向您介绍几种“我怕热”的地道说法：

can't stand, 很好的用法

1. I can’t stand the heat.

2. I can’t tolerate hot temperatures

3. I can’t handle hot weather.

此外，be afraid of the cold在何种情况下可以使用呢（指心理上恐惧），请看两个例句：

1. I got frostbite once and the tips of my fingers grew black. A little of the flesh died and fell off. I am afraid of the cold.

2. My pet cat died from being left out in the cold. Since that time, I have been afraid of the cold.

以上两个例句都是由于“受过寒冷的伤”，心里留下了阴影，所以才afraid of the cold——即：心中，而非身体，恐惧“寒冷”。

最后，“怕冷”的“冷”需要使用the cold，而非“coldness”，后者表示对人的态度“冷漠”，如：

Her coldness towards me has always prevented any close acquaintance with her.

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