核心句型：
I don't have an ax to grind.
我可沒那么心懷叵測。
have an ax to grind 出自本杰明·富蘭克林所寫的一則故事，他年經(jīng)時(shí)在院子里遇到一個(gè)帶有斧頭的陌生人，那人花言巧語哄騙他，讓他轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)磨石，而那人則在上面磨利自己的斧頭，磨好后沒有任何表示便走了。這個(gè)俚語現(xiàn)用來比喻：“表象背后藏有個(gè)人打算，別有用心”。因此，當(dāng)美國人說"I don't have an ax to grind."時(shí)，他/她要表達(dá)的意思就是:"I don't have any evil intentions."、"I don't intend to do any spiteful things."。
情景對白：
Boss: Someone has leaked the information to our competitor. Is that you?
老板：有人將信息透露給了我們的競爭對手，是你嗎？
Benjamin: I don't have an ax to grind. If I have betrayed you, why do I stay here and cooperate with your investigation?
本杰明：我可沒那么心懷叵測。如果我真的背叛了你們，為什么還要留在這里配合你們的調(diào)查？
搭配句積累：
①Why do you want to meet the client by yourself?
你為什么想一個(gè)人去見客戶呢？
②You always bad-mouth me in front of our manager. What do you want?
你總是在經(jīng)理面前說我壞話。你想干嗎？
③I hope the boss can bend the rules for my mistake.
我希望老板對我這次犯的錯(cuò)通融一下。
④You broke into the boss's office. How do you explain that?
你闖進(jìn)了老板的辦公室，這怎么解釋？
單詞：
1. grind vi. 磨
Would you please grind a pound of coffee for me?
請給我磨一磅咖啡好嗎？
We grind up the wheat to make flour.
我們把小麥磨成面粉。
2. spiteful adj. 惡意的
He could be spiteful.
他可能懷有惡意。
He has been a spiteful sort of man.
他是一個(gè)善于懷恨的男人。
3. bend the rules 通融
I would like to bend the rules a little if possible.
如果可能的話，我是愿意通融一下的。
I'll bend the rules for you if you promise to work hard.
如果你保證努力工作，我會(huì)通融一下。