迷你對話學地道口語第356期:採取強制手段
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A: My son closed his ear to what I said. I don’t know what I should do.
我兒子聽不進去我說的話,我不知道該怎麼辦。
B: You can twist his arm in order to have a control of him.
你改對他採取強制措施來管教他。
A: I cannot have the heart to do that.
我不忍心那樣做。
第一、 地道表達
【地道短語】twist one’s arm
【解詞釋義】twist的意思是“擰,用力扭轉”的意思,一個人要是被別人把胳膊擰到背後去,那是很難受的。該習語引申爲“給某人施加壓力,迫使你做他要你做的事情。
【支持範例】I didn't want see that movie about Mozart, but my roommate twisted my arm. I'm glad he did -- it was a great show.
我本來不想去看那個有關莫扎特的電影的。可是,我同房間的同學硬逼着要我去。不過,看了電影后我倒很高興,因爲那個電影太好了。
My son has been twisting my arm to let him take my car out on a date ever since he got his driver's license. This weekend, I finally let him take it. And now it's in the body shop for a thousand dollars of repairs: he had an accident on the way to pick up his girlfriend.
自從我兒子拿到駕駛執照以來,他一直鬧着要開我的車去赴約會。這個週末,我終於答應了。可是,他在去接女朋友的路上出了車禍,現在我的車正在車庫裏修,要花一千美元呢。
第二、句海拾貝
Sb does not have the heart to do something.
某人不忍心做某事。
範例:I did not have the heart to refuse the child's request.
我不忍心拒絕孩子的要求。
She didn't have the heart to break the bad news to her daughter.
她不忍心把這個壞消息告訴她的女兒。
第三、詞海拾貝
in order to:爲了
例句:He must work very hard in order to support his large family.
他必須拼命工作以養活他的大家庭。
He did not come here in order to attend the meeting.
他來這裏決不是要參加會議的。