北大双语妈妈小雅和英美外教

10年专注亲子英语

夸衣服、配饰、发型、拥有的物品，用Compliment，属于small talk。Praise用于夸奖成就、工作学习的质量等，通常是比较严肃认真的事情。

(1) Compliment 恭维、夸；称赞

既可以用于随便恭维一下，也可以用于严肃认真的称赞。

A: Nothing deep. Mostly small talk.

没什么深入话题，就是在闲聊。

B: I'm sure.

是呢。

A: Took your advice. Complimented her shoes. That's 15 minutes of chat right there.

照你说的那样。夸了她的鞋子。一共聊了15分钟。

- House M.D. Season 1, Episode 20: Love Hurts

《豪斯医生》第一季 第20集：爱之疼痛

Max: How'd it go?

怎么样啊？

Caroline: Fine, she complimented my hair. She ordered a soup. I gave her my number. I gave her my number!

还行，她称赞了我头发，然后点了个汤。我把我电话告诉她了。我把我电话告诉她了！

- Broke Girls, Season 2, Episode 19: And the Temporary Distraction

《*姐妹》第二季 第19集：临时消遣

Critic? Bah! We theatrical types should be complimented, not criticized.

评论员？呸！我们这些做戏剧的该受到赞扬，不是批评。

- A Series of Unfortunate Event, Season 3, Episode 6

《雷蒙·斯尼奇的不幸历险》第三季 第6集

(2) Praise 表扬；称赞

When asked how I was doing, I would shrug and say, "OK." I was praised for being strong. I was the master of being OK.

当有人问起我怎么样时，我会耸耸肩，说：“没事” 大家都表扬我很坚强，我是表面没事的专家。

- Susan David《情感勇气的礼物和力量》