1.give sb. the boot 解雇某人
John was given the boot by his boss last week.
約翰上周被解雇了 。
類似表達(dá)“開除,解雇”的詞語還有:fire, dismiss; fire; give the sack; layoff; discharge; relieve sb. of his post; cashier; cast
He got the sack for laziness
他因懶惰而被解雇 。
The servant accepted his dismissal without any complaint.
那仆人毫無怨言地接受解雇 。
He was dismissed for neglect of his duty.
他因玩忽職守而被解雇了 。
2.stand for 代表,表示,指的是
ASAP stands for "as soon as possible".
3.kick out 踢出去,拼命抵抗
If the new actor is no good, kick him out.
如果那個新來的演員不怎么樣就讓他走 。
He'll kick out if you treat him like that.
要是你那樣對待他,他會盡力反抗的 。
延伸:get a kick out 從中得到興奮感
I got a kick out of seeing my name in print.
當(dāng)看到我的名字印成鉛字時,我感到無比興奮 。