核心句型：
The manager pushed my buttons many times.
經(jīng)理惹火我好多次了。
push one's button 直譯過(guò)來(lái)就是：“按下某人的按鈕”，button也是“下巴”的俗稱，是非正式用法。按住或攻擊某人的下巴，自然會(huì)讓對(duì)方不滿和生氣，所以這個(gè)短語(yǔ)的正確意思是：“惹火某人，激怒某人”。因此，當(dāng)美國(guó)人說(shuō)"The manager pushed my buttons many times."時(shí)，他/她要表達(dá)的意思就是:"The manager has made me angry many times."、"The manager has waved a red flag in front of me many times."。
情景對(duì)白：
May: Oh, darling, are you sure that you are going to quit?
阿美：哦，親愛(ài)的，你確定要把工作辭了？
Gucci: Yeah, the manager pushed my buttons many times. I can't bear it any more.
古奇：是的，經(jīng)理惹火我好多次了，我再也受不了了。
搭配句積累：
①I don't want to work for him for even a moment.
我現(xiàn)在一刻也不想再替他辦事兒了。
②I don't want to see his face again.
我再也不想見(jiàn)到他了。
③I'm fed up, and I wish to leave as soon as possible.
我受夠了，就想盡早離開(kāi)。
④Now, I'm leaving and I won't butter him up.
現(xiàn)在我不干了，我再也不用看他臉色行事了。
單詞：
1. wave a red flag 做使某人生氣的事
The mere mention of his hated cousins name was like waving a red flag in front of him.
只要一提他那個(gè)討厭的表兄的名字，他就生氣。
A friend you have had disagreements with may wave the red flag.
一個(gè)曾和你有分歧的朋友會(huì)對(duì)你怒發(fā)沖冠。
2. butter vt. 討好
The bank has to butter up investors because it is in a fiercely competitive market.
由于市場(chǎng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈，銀行不得不去討好投資者。
I tried buttering her up. 'I've always admired people with these sorts of talents.'
我拼命奉承她：“我一直欽佩有如此才能的人。”
He began to butter up the director in hope of being given a better job
他開(kāi)始奉承主任，希望得到一份更好的工作。