習(xí)語：

argue sb down

講解：

down是副詞，意為“倒下”，argue sb down意思是“通過辯論讓某人倒下”，即“駁倒某人”。

支持范例：

He had no difficulty in ague his teacher down.

他毫無困難地駁倒了老師。

She certainly agued me down in that argument.

她在辯論中確實(shí)把我駁倒了。

She agued him down by quoting his earlier statement.

她引用他以前的話把他駁倒了。

There are some people who will use any kind of argument, no matter how illogical, so long as they can ague an opponent down.

有些人為了要駁倒對方, 不惜用任何不合邏輯的辯論。

迷你對話：

A :What do you think of the lawyer's speech?

A :你覺得那個律師的演說如何？

B :He has a glib tongue. Few people can argue him down.

B :他有三寸不爛之舌，幾乎沒人能駁倒他。

A :Don't believe him. He's liar.

A :別相信他，他經(jīng)常撒謊。

B :We cannot expect a man like him to speak the truth.

B : 我們也指望他這樣的人說這話。

詞海拾貝：

have a glib tongue：伶牙利齒；巧舌如簧；有三寸不爛之舌

Eg .She was not the shrew who had a glib tongue to defend herself with a vicious vocabulary and a fast lip.

她不是那種伶牙利齒的潑婦，不會用惡毒的詞句和如簧之舌來保護(hù)自己。

Eg .She has a deep sense of justice, loyalty and responsibility. She has a glib tongue, practical and realistic. She is also trustworthy and generous to people.

她以維護(hù)正義為已任，矢志忠誠，責(zé)任感極強(qiáng)。伶牙利齒，實(shí)事求是，而且為人慷慨大方，贏得一致信任。

speak the truth：說實(shí)話，講真話

Eg .You must be taught to speak the truth.

必須教你說老實(shí)話。

Eg .I could not choose but speak the truth.

我只能講出事實(shí)真相。

Eg .If you speak the truth, and you need have no shame.

假如你說真話，就不必害羞。

Eg .Be the matter what it may, always speak the truth.

不管是什么事情，始終都要說實(shí)話。

特別說明：該節(jié)目中的迷你對話選自《脫口說英語》之口語習(xí)語大全，講解部分為可可編輯原創(chuàng)。