How to say in Mardarin??

[smallwind]

How to say in Mardarin??

1.I promise to come up with someting.

2.I snapped.

[galitonwu]

1. 我承诺要赶上某事.

come up with

追及; 呈出; 供给; 复仇; 责罚; 提出(建议); [口]找到(答案, 解决办法)

2.

snap

来自中古荷兰语或中古低地德语snappen

[snAp]

vt, vi

-pp-

突然折断，突然断裂

The rope snapped.

绳子突然断了。

发出突然折断的声响；使发破裂声

（常与at连用）猛然咬；噬

Your dog snapped at me.

你的狗咬了我。

劈啪作响地移动

He snapped down the lid of the box.

他啪哒一声关上箱盖。

（不耐烦或愤怒时）快速地说

拍照，拍…的快照

[Claw]

galitonwu:

Actually none of those definitions of snap matches what I believe smallwind is asking. I believe "to snap" in this case means "to lapse into momentary rage" or "to lose one's temper" (i.e. He snapped after he could not handle the pressure anymore.) -- it's somewhat of a slang term.

So, "I snapped" could be translated as: 我發脾氣了。

[roddy]

What about 起火 for snapped - to lose your temper.

To snap usually implies that you've been trying to keep your temper for a while though, I think. It's my best guess though.

Roddy

[BeijingSlacker]

What about 起火 for snapped - to lose your temper.

起火(catch fire） doesn't really mean "to lose your temper". You were trying to say 发火？( get mad with someone.）

“我（最后终于）急了”might be be a proper translation to "I snapped"

[roddy]

I've got 'fume, become enraged' here for 起火, but I haven't been able to find any examples of it actually being used. It's third after 'be on fire' and 'start the fire (to cook)'. . .

I think I did mean 发火 though.

Roddy