第一， 迷你對話

A: We can just leave it to John.

我們可以把問題留給約翰，讓他去解決。

B: I should say that your decision is wrong. We must see it through ourselves.

我應該說你的決定是錯誤的，我們應當把事情做到底。

A: I cannot understand why you are so nice to him.

我不明白你為何對他這么好。

B: Though I dislike him, I won’t hit him when he is down.

雖然我不喜歡他，但是我不會在他有難的時候，落井下石。

第二， 地道表達

hit sb. when he is down

1. 解詞釋義

Hit sb. when he is down從字面意思來看是“乘某人危機時打擊他”，就相當于漢語中的“落井下石”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. I don't want to ask him for the money he owes me because he's still out of work, and you can't hit a man when he's down.

我不想向他討回他所欠你的錢，因為他仍在失業(yè)，所以我不能落井下石。

e.g. To dismiss John from his job when his wife has just left him would be hitting a man when he is down.

約翰的妻子剛剛離開他，現(xiàn)在又要解雇他，簡直是落井下石。

第三， 咬文嚼字

see something through：把某事做到底

e.g. He is good at initiating projects but rarely sees them through.

他頗能提方案，但干什么事情都很少堅持到底。

e.g. When I think something is right, I will see it through.

若我認為某件事是對的，我會堅持到底。