【英语时差8,16】全力以赴
时间：2018-12-27 作者：英语课 分类：英语时差8，16
In past times, and still in rural cultures today, animals have played an important role in economics. In some places, animals are more important than money as a means of barter 1. If animals are slaughtered 2 for meat, the amount of meat is important. A whole hog 3 provides a lot of meat, more than one family can eat in a week. If a generous person offers to give a gift of an entire hog to others, rather than just offering a portion of the hog's meat, it will be more than sufficient. Thus, in this idiom based upon animal economics, when people say they will "go the whole hog," their meaning is that they will commit to doing something as completely as possible, without any reservations. Several idioms with similar meanings are "go full throttle 4, go all out, pull out all the stops," and "go the whole nine yards."
- Chickens,goats and rabbits were offered for barter at the bazaar.在集市上，鸡、山羊和兔子被摆出来作物物交换之用。
- They have arranged food imports on a barter basis.他们以易货贸易的方式安排食品进口。
- The invading army slaughtered a lot of people. 侵略军杀了许多人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered. 数百名无辜平民遭残杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》