英語口語練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第510期:閉嘴
迷你對(duì)話
A: Hi! Do you know the professor’s perspective iswrong.
你好!你知道教授的觀點(diǎn)是什么嗎?
B: Put a lid on it.
閉嘴。
地道表達(dá)
put a lid on something
1. 解詞釋義
Put a lid on something的意思是(對(duì)談?wù)摰脑掝})閉嘴，不要說了，安靜下來。其英文解釋如下：something that you say in order to tell someone to stop talking.
2. 拓展例句
e.g. If he does, you can give me a call and I'll come over and tell him to put a lid on it.
那個(gè)人要是再來找麻煩，你就打電話給我，我來讓他閉嘴!
e.g. Would you please put a lid on all that chatter, I'm trying to work.
可不可以請(qǐng)你不要講話了，我在工作。
3. 視野拓展
Put a lid on something還有一個(gè)意思是“限制，禁止”或“遮掩，隱瞞(真相，實(shí)情)”。例如：
e.g.The new law will put a lid on government spending.
新法律將限制政府開支。
e.g. Government makes a move to put a lid on gambling.
政府已經(jīng)采取行動(dòng)取締賭博。
e.g. We must make this movement thorough and deep-going and carry this struggle throughto the end. On no account should we try to put a lid on it.
我們一定要把這場(chǎng)斗爭(zhēng)搞深搞透，進(jìn)行到底，決不能捂蓋子。
e.g. They tell us to put a lid on the report until the campaign is over.
他們告訴我們競(jìng)選結(jié)束之前，先隱瞞那份報(bào)告。
