除了表示转身,turn around原来还有这个意思
2018-09-03 14:00
来源:沪江
作者:
英文中不仅有一词多义,还有词组多义的情况,今天来看10个常见的多义词组。
Turn around
停止一事无成,变得越来越好
I hope the new director will turn around our failing business.
我希望新董事能够扭转我们失败的业务。
We were losing in the first half but we managed to turn things around by the end of the game.
我们在上半场失利,但我们在比赛结束时设法扭转了局面。
转动某物或某人的方向
Turn the car around and go back to the filling station for the tank cap.
把汽车调头并返回加油站去拿油箱盖。
Turn around and let me dust your back.
转身让我帮你掸下背。
Break off
结束一段关系,结盟等
They never got along well, and after one of their bitter quarrels they finally broke off their relationship.
他们一直都相处得不好,一场激烈的争吵后,他们终于断绝了关系。
You shouldn't treat her like a child if you don't want her to break off with you.
如果你不想让她和你分手,你不应该像对待孩子一样对待她。
停止做某事
His speech wouldn't have been bad, but he suddenly broke off in the middle of a sentence and left the auditorium.
他的演讲并不糟糕,但他突然在讲话时中断并离开了礼堂。
The business will go on until one of the parties breaks off.
该业务将持续到其中一方中断。
Cut out
剪切成某种样子
She cut her cap out of some funny old material.
她从一些有趣的旧材料上剪下帽子的样子。
They cut out thick paper swords for the children to play with. 他们剪了厚厚的纸剑供孩子们玩耍。
删除,移除,省略
He's too fat, he'd better cut bread and sugar out of his diet and do more exercise.
他太胖了,他最好从饮食中除去面包和糖并且做更多的运动。