迷你对话学地道口语第910期:扯平
时间：2019-01-21 作者：英语课 分类：迷你对话学地道口语
英语课
A: Let me see. How much should I pay for you?
让我想想，我应该付你多少钱？
B: Don’t think about it!
别想了。
A: No, this will not do. Let me see.
那不行，那我想想。
B: You pay for the taxi and dinner, then even things up.
你来付出租车费和晚餐费，这样就扯平了。
A: Good ideas.
好主意。
even up
1. 解词释义
Even up是指“使得局势或竞争尽量公平合理”。
2. 拓展范例
e.g. The nation's electronics 1 industry made important strides 2 this year to even up its balance of trade.
该国的电子产业今年取得了重大进步，平衡了贸易差额。
e.g. I would like to see the championship evened up a little bit more.
我希望冠军赛更加势均力敌一点。
3. 视野拓展
相关短语：
1. even up on someone：报复某人 ，报答某人
e.g. We can even up on them by teaching their children English.
我们可以通过教他们的孩子英语来报答他们。
e.g. We can even up on Bill and Alice by looking after their children next week.
我们下周可以给比尔和艾丽斯照看孩子来回报他们。
2. get/be even with sb.：偿清债务，报复后与某人两清
e.g. I'm going to get even with you for this.
我会跟你算这笔账的。
e.g. He cheated me, but I'll get even with him one day.
他骗了我, 有朝一日我会报复他的。
e.g. It won't be enough even with this sum thrown in.
这笔钱搭上还不够。
1. pay for sb. ：费钱给某人
e.g. If you pay for both of us now, we can settle up later.
你要是现在先付清咱们两人的帐，事后咱们俩再细算。
e.g. She locked horns with him over the subject of equal pay for women.
她在妇女同酬问题上跟他争得不可开交。
2. pay for sth. ：为……付款
e.g. If you want to get the book, you must pay for it in advance.
如果你要买这本书，你得先付款。
e.g. How much must I pay for the damage?
我该赔多少损失费？
4. think about：考虑，仔细想想
e.g. I should like to think about your suggestion before I give a definite reply.
我想先考虑一下你的建议, 然后给你一个明确的答复。
e.g. Elinor is thinking about emigrating 3 to the United States.
埃莉诺正在考虑移居美国。
n.电子器件，电子学，电子技术
- About 45000 people worked in electronics in Scotland.苏格兰约有4.5万人在电子行业工作。
- He wants to brush up his knowledge of electronics.他想温习他的电子学知识。
裤子； 大步( stride的名词复数 )； 步法； 步态； 进展
- The child could not keep up with his father's strides. 那个孩子跟不上他父亲的步子。
- That 70-year-old man walked into the park with vigorous strides. 那位七旬老人健步走进公园。
移居国外( emigrate的现在分词 )
- Elinor is thinking about emigrating to the United States. 埃莉诺正在考虑移居美国。
- Many British doctors are emigrating to the United States. 许多英国医生移居美国。