【英语早间课堂】话说地道美语 Lesson 23(2)之一
时间:2019-01-23 作者:英语课 分类:英语早间课堂
英语课
【课堂详说】
Get on one's case或者是be on one's case的意思是对某人指手画脚,对某人唠唠叨叨,批评责备某人。那么,我们还有很多的表述这样意思的习语或者是动词短语。在今后的航程中,我们就逐一来学习。
第一、我们可以说order sb about。In English, it means"to keep telling sb what to do in a way that is annoying or unpleasant". 中文意思是(不断地)支使某人,命令某人,差遣某人,使唤某人,摆布某人(做某事)。
下面,我们来就通过几个例句来熟悉这个习语的意思。例句1:I think you have got no right to order me about. 我想你没有权利支使我干这干那的。例句2: If he thinks he can order me about as he likes, I'll tell him where to get off. 如果他认为他可以随意指使我,我就要教训他老实点。
第二,我们可以说come down on sb。In English, it means "to criticize sb severely 1 or punish sb". 中文意思是斥责某人或者是惩罚某人。
下面,我们来就通过几个例句来熟悉这个习语的意思。例句1:If you don't work diligently 2, the boss will come down hard on you. 如果你不努力工作,老板会找你算帐。Some of them may feel that I come down on them too hard, but they know that this is helpful to them. 他们也许有人认为我对他们过于严厉,但他们知道这对他们是有益处的Come down on sb不但有责备,斥责,责骂的意思,还有惩罚的意思。我们来看下面的例子。
例句1: If you don't behave well, I'll come down on you with heavy hand. 如果你不老实话,我定会对你不客气。
注解:Heavy hand字面上的意思是很重的手,引申为“是严厉的手段”“高压手段”“严酷的手腕”的意思。例如:The king ruled with heavy hand. 国王用高压手段统治。Several officers worried about the heavy hand of government. 一些官员对政府的强硬措施表示担忧。
例句2:All his creditors 3 came down on him for prompt payment of his bills when they heard of his financial difficulties. 他的债主听到他发生经济困难,一齐向他提出立即付清欠账的要求。
注解1:Prompt payment是“立即付款”的意思。例如:Prompt payment is requested.我们要求立即付款。
注解2: Hear of 是“听说”的意思。例如:We're sorry to hear of your father's death. 我们获悉令尊去世,非常难过。
好,亲爱的朋友们,我们本次航班还未抵达目的地。但是下面的时间是乘务员为您倒果汁,就餐的时候了。我们待会儿再学习与get one's case意思相近的表述法。在就餐完后,不妨考虑一下用今天所讲的语言点如何翻译下面的5个句子。祝您用餐愉快!See you later! (to be continued)【考考你】
1. 我不能让你替我还债--我不同意此事。
2. 你母亲若知此事定会怒不可遏。
3. 如能迅速付款,将不胜感激。
4. 我不是有意支使你和妈妈的。
5. 一方面,政府从严管制网站和因特网服务。
参考翻译答案如下:
1. Your mother will be furious if she gets to hear of this. 2. I can't let you pay my debts ——I won't hear of such a thing. 3. We would appreciate your prompt payment.
4. I didn't mean to order mother and you about.
5. On the one hand, the government regulates websites and Internet services with heavy hand.
转自可可英语
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
- He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
- He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
ad.industriously;carefully
- He applied himself diligently to learning French. 他孜孜不倦地学法语。
- He had studied diligently at college. 他在大学里勤奋学习。