Be Much Worse

变得更糟

Policeman: Why didn't you shout for help when you were robbed of your watch?

警察：当你的手表被抢的时候，你为什么不大声喊叫呢？

Man: If I had opened my mouth, they'd have found my four gold teeth. That would be much worse.

男士：如果我张嘴喊叫，他们就会发现我的四颗金牙。那样情况就更糟了！

1.Why didn't you shout for help

Why don't you do sth?=Why not do sth?

为什么不……？表示“提供建议”

eg：Why don't you try it on?=Why not try it on ?

而Why didn' t you do sth?在一般情况下，含有“责备”的意思。

eg：Why didn' t you finish your homework yesterday?

你昨天为什么没有完成作业？

至于why do not you..?，不能说错了，不过我们一般不这么说。

2.when you were robbed of your watch

rob是抢劫的意思，基本用法为：

rob sb of sth rob后面接人，其搭配介词是of.抢劫某人的东西剥夺,使失去

关于抢劫，有以下几种不同说法：

a.rob有抢劫，盗去，偷取的意思。而且它抢的往往是sb.而不是sth.

b.snatch做不及物动词时有抢夺，攫取的意思。

c.abduct绑架；诱拐。它的意思是绑架某人，并获取赎金。

3.That would be much worse.

表示情况变得更糟，类似的说法还有：

the situtation become worse.