类型:英语词汇
时间:2022-08-05
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book(书)对大家来说太熟悉了,但是在日常口语和习语中,book往往不能当书来理解,比如今天要和大家一起学习的这几个例子。
1、
bring someone to book
这个习语中的book指law book,因此这个习语的意思不是“带某人到书里”或“带某人去登记”,(book作动词时可以表示预订、登记),正确的意思是:给某人应有的惩罚。
例句:
Police should be
asked to
investigate so that the
guilty can be
brought to book soon.应该请警察来调查,尽快将罪犯绳之以法。
2、cook the books
除了“烹饪”,还有“捏造”或“篡改”的意思;book指“账本”,所以,cook the
books是指“做假账”、“隐瞒真实的利润和开支”。
例句:My boss was
caught by the
police recently,
because he
secretly cooked the books and
moved a big sum of
money to his
private account.我老板最近被警察抓走了,因为他虚报账目,而且把一大笔钱存到了自己名下。
3、read sb. like a book
意思是“对某人一目了然”。
例句:We have
known each
other for 10
years. I can read him like a book.我们已经认识10年了,我对他一目了然。
4、take a leaf from sb.'s book
这是是固定短语,意思是“学某人的样子”。
例句:The
little boy
likes to take a leaf from his mother's book.这个小男孩喜欢学他妈妈的样子。
05throw the book at sb.
throw the book at sb. 是口语,意思是“往某人身/头上加罪名”、“从严判处某人”、“严厉惩罚某人”、“狠狠责骂某人”。
例句:They
threw the book at him.他们把罪名往他头上扣。
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