類型:英語詞匯
時(shí)間:2022-08-05
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book(書)對大家來說太熟悉了,但是在日常口語和習(xí)語中,book往往不能當(dāng)書來理解,比如今天要和大家一起學(xué)習(xí)的這幾個(gè)例子。
1、
bring someone to book
這個(gè)習(xí)語中的book指law book,因此這個(gè)習(xí)語的意思不是“帶某人到書里”或“帶某人去登記”,(book作動(dòng)詞時(shí)可以表示預(yù)訂、登記),正確的意思是:給某人應(yīng)有的懲罰。
例句:
Police should be
asked to
investigate so that the
guilty can be
brought to book soon.應(yīng)該請警察來調(diào)查,盡快將罪犯繩之以法。
2、cook the books
除了“烹飪”,還有“捏造”或“篡改”的意思;book指“賬本”,所以,cook the
books是指“做假賬”、“隱瞞真實(shí)的利潤和開支”。
例句:My boss was
caught by the
police recently,
because he
secretly cooked the books and
moved a big sum of
money to his
private account.我老板最近被警察抓走了,因?yàn)樗搱?bào)賬目,而且把一大筆錢存到了自己名下。
3、read sb. like a book
意思是“對某人一目了然”。
例句:We have
known each
other for 10
years. I can read him like a book.我們已經(jīng)認(rèn)識10年了,我對他一目了然。
4、take a leaf from sb.'s book
這是是固定短語,意思是“學(xué)某人的樣子”。
例句:The
little boy
likes to take a leaf from his mother's book.這個(gè)小男孩喜歡學(xué)他媽媽的樣子。
05throw the book at sb.
throw the book at sb. 是口語,意思是“往某人身/頭上加罪名”、“從嚴(yán)判處某人”、“嚴(yán)厲懲罰某人”、“狠狠責(zé)罵某人”。
例句:They
threw the book at him.他們把罪名往他頭上扣。
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