【初中英语语法 时态】几个特殊意义的动词短语(2)

2021年1月26日发(作者：pbs是什么意思)
【初中英语语法

时态】几个特殊意义的动词短语
(2)
10. to drag
（
one's
）
feet
：
to procrastinate or postpone
（慢慢的拖延，行动迟缓，拖拖拉拉）

It is not a good idea to drag your feet when the work needs to be done. (
拖延工作是不好的。
)

No employers like for their employees to drag their feet on any project. (
工作拖拖拉拉的员工
总是不受欢迎的。
)

11. to paint
（
someone or oneself
）
into a corner
：
to trap oneself or someone; to be in trouble
（使
自己或某人陷入困境
,
应该注意的是即使主语是复 数形式，
corner
仍然用单数）

Don't try to paint yourself into a corner. (
不要让自己身陷困境，无法脱身。
)

After a heated debate with his boss, Mr. Chen has painted himself into a corner. (
和老板激烈的
争辩之后，陈先生处境十分不妙。
)

12. to ask (someone) for (one's) hand: to ask girl's parents for marriage approval
（
指 男人请求女
方家长应允将女儿嫁给他，
这里的

是指女方的家长，
则是指要求婚的对象，
hand
只能用单数形式）

Mr. Su asked me for my daughter's hand. (
苏先生到我家来向我女儿提亲。
)

He has asked her parents for their daughter's hand. (
他请求她的父母应允他们的婚事。
)

13. to move onward and upward
：
to be promoted; from good to better situation
（情况得以改善，
或往更好的情況发展）

He hopes to move onward and upward with his current company. (
他希望能在现在就职的公司
里顺利发展，步步高升。
)

Many young couples try to move onward and upward during their marriage. (
许多年轻夫妇都
希望能够婚姻美满幸福。
)

14. to call a spade a spade: to be honest, blunt or frank
（直言不讳，有啥说啥）

My wife always calls a spade a spade about her work situation. (
我妻子对别人谈起她的工作
时，总是直言不讳。
)

Calling a spade a spade on foreign affairs sometimes seems difficult for diplomats. (
外交官在处
理外交事务的时候很难做到直言不讳。
)

15. to play cat and mouse
：
to play games with aggressive and passive attitude
（玩猫戏老鼠的
把戏，欲擒故纵）


In business negotiations, there are always cat-and- mouse games. (
在商业谈判中，常会有一些
猫戏老鼠的把戏。
)
The police have played cat and mouse with the murderer. (
警察对凶犯采用的是欲擒故纵的策
略。
)

16. to go on the dole
：
(of the unemployed) to live on public welfare
（失业人员依靠政府救济
金生活。
）


Thousands of Americans are out of jobs and may go on the dole. (
美国成千上万的失业者靠领
取政局救济金生活。
)