重點講解:
1. get caught up in
牽扯進;卷入;
eg. Many African women, for reasons of poverty, get caught up in the drug trade.
許多非洲婦女為貧窮所迫墮入販毒行業(yè) 。
eg. It's easy to get caught up in the social whirl.
很容易被紛繁的社交活動纏得脫不開身 。
2. be responsible for
負有責(zé)任的;應(yīng)承擔(dān)責(zé)任的;
eg. The holder of the office of chairman is responsible for arranging meetings.
擔(dān)任主席的人有責(zé)任安排會議 。
eg. He made an assertion that he was not responsible for it.
他硬說他對此事沒有責(zé)任 。
3. be up to sb.
由…負責(zé);
eg. I'm sure I'd have spotted him if it had been up to me.
我相信要是換成我,我一定能找到他 。
eg. It's up to him to resolve this problem.
這個問題應(yīng)由他來解決 。
4. point out
指出;
eg. Can you point out the man you suspect?
你能把你懷疑的人指出來嗎?
eg. They'd already driven along the wharf so that she could point out her father's boat.
他們已經(jīng)開車沿碼頭走了一遍,好讓她指出哪艘是她父親的船 。
5. put one's foot down
拿定主意阻止;執(zhí)意反對;
eg. We have to put our foot down on that.
我們必須阻止那件事 。
eg. My husband wanted to buy a puppy, but I would have to look after it so I put my foot down and said No.
我丈夫想買一條小狗,但我得照料它,因此我堅持不同意 。
adv. 絕對地,完全地;獨立地