She can't get away with this.
她做了這樣的事,怎么可以免于受罰。
——Gossip Girl
get away with something 不受懲罰
To get away with的意思是做了壞事、錯(cuò)事沒(méi)有被發(fā)覺(jué),被責(zé)備或是受到處罰to do something and not get punished for it。伊拉克前總統(tǒng)薩達(dá)姆因反人類(lèi)罪被法庭判處絞刑。顯然,"He didn't get way with murder" -- 薩達(dá)姆沒(méi)有從謀殺指控中脫身。
還比如美國(guó)中部堪薩斯州Elk市的居民抱怨說(shuō),當(dāng)?shù)匾幻凶咏?jīng)常開(kāi)槍射殺居民的狗,甚至連Elk市市長(zhǎng)家的狗也被他開(kāi)槍打傷了??墒沁@個(gè)人至今逍遙法外, "The man who has been shooting dogs is still getting away with it." 為什么呢? 因?yàn)橛蟹梢?guī)定,農(nóng)民有權(quán)為保護(hù)牲畜而殺死動(dòng)物。不過(guò)狗一跑進(jìn)他的地界就開(kāi)槍?zhuān)@未免有點(diǎn)過(guò)分。今天學(xué)的詞組是to get away with...
David took the train without buying a ticket,and he got away with it.
大衛(wèi)搭火車(chē)不買(mǎi)票竟然會(huì)沒(méi)事。