今天，我們來學(xué)習(xí)to take someone to the cleaners的意思：To take someone to the cleaners means to to take a lot of someone's money, or to cheat or swindle one for a lot or all of their money. 它是指通過欺騙、欺詐手段或法院裁判獲得某人的很多錢或某人的全部家產(chǎn)。

我們通過下面的例句來熟悉它的意思。

例句1：Frank was too trusting. He invested in a very dubious company and they took him to the cleaners. （Frank太輕信于人了。他投資了一家疑點(diǎn)重重的公司，他們把他騙了個(gè)精光。）

解析1 ：trusting是形容詞，意思是“輕信的”。例如： If you're too trusting, other people will take advantage of you. （如果你太輕信別人，別人就會(huì)利用你。）

解析2：invest in的意思是“投資于......”。例如：I'll invest in that company I don't want to miss the boat. （我要在那家公司投資，我不想失去機(jī)會(huì)。）

例句2：The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners. （那幫人合伙欺負(fù)他，結(jié)果讓他輸?shù)镁狻＃?br />解析：gang up是個(gè)固定短語，意思是“聯(lián)合起來”，后面用介詞on，即：gang up on someone，意思是“聯(lián)合起來對(duì)付某人”。例如：Those guys won't gang up on you again. （那些家伙不會(huì)再合伙整你了。）They gang up on me and throw me in the pool every year. （每年，他們都對(duì)我群起而攻之，將我拋入游泳池。）

例句3：It was my first time playing poker at the casino, and the more experienced players definitely took me to the cleaners. （這是我第一次在賭場(chǎng)打撲克，更有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的球員肯定讓我輸?shù)靡桓啥簟＃?/p>

解析1 ：play poker：打撲克 at the casino：在賭場(chǎng)

解析2：It was my first time playing poker中playing poker是現(xiàn)在分詞。It is one's first time后面接doing something，表示“現(xiàn)在時(shí)”，用to do something，表示“將來時(shí)”。

我們今天學(xué)習(xí)to take somebody to cleaners，意思是：通過欺騙、欺詐手段或法院裁判獲得某人的很多錢或某人的全部家產(chǎn)。Hope that you can bear it in your mind.這個(gè)詞匯可是雅思考試必備的詞匯哦！