Subject: I am up in arms against this idea.

迷你對話

A: I think “Sons and Lovers” is Lawrence autobiography.

我認為勞倫斯的《兒子與情人》是一部自傳。

B: I am up in arms against this idea. It is just a novel.

我完全不贊同自己的觀點，他只是一部小說。

地道表達

up in arms against

1. 解詞釋義

Up in arms中的arm的意思是指“武器”，那么整個短語的意思是“進行武裝斗爭”，引申為“竭力反對，持反對意見”。對話中“I am up in arms against this idea. ”的意思是“我不贊同這個意見。”

2 拓展例句

e.g. All of the colonies were up in arms against him.

所有的殖民地均奮起與他作斗爭。

e.g. I was against this from the start.

我是完全反對的呀。

3 視野拓展

近義短語：take up in the arms against

e.g. The unions have threatened to take up arms against the government's proposed wages policy.

工會威脅說要拿起武器反對政府提出的工資政策。

e.g. The peasants took up arms against the dictator.

農民們拿起武器反抗獨裁者。