美國習慣用語學習筆記

1.drive home 提出令人信服的理由，把…談得透徹明白

例句：The doctor』s convincing arguments and explanation of his X-ray pictures drove home the point to Max that he needed surgery.

醫生令人信服的論證和其X光片的說明使馬克斯充分理解了他的觀點：他需要做外科手術。

2.drive someone ape/bananas/crazy/mad/nuts 使某人生氣，使某人惱火，逼得某人發瘋

例句：「You are driving me bananas with all your crazy riddles,」Steve said.

「你那些荒唐的謎語要把我逼瘋了，」史蒂夫說。

3.drive to the wall 把…逼至絕境，使…走投無路

例句：Poor Uncle Jack was driven to the wall by his angry creditors when his business failed.

可憐的傑克叔叔生意破產後，被那些氣憤的債主逼得走投無路。

4.drop a bombshell 宣布爆炸性新聞，宣布令人震驚的消息

例句：Freddy dropped a bombshell when he told his astonished parents that he had just married a widow with seven children.

弗雷迪告訴父母說他剛剛娶了一個帶著7個孩子的寡婦，這簡直就像爆炸了一顆炸彈，令他的父母大吃一驚。

5. drop dead 通常用作命令，走開，別鬧，別搗亂

例句：「Drop dead!」Bill told his little sister when she kept begging to help him build his model airplane.

比爾的小妹妹老要幫他做飛機模型，比爾就說：「走開！」

6.drop in on 順便訪問，拜訪

例句：we were just sitting down to dinner when Uncle Willie dropped in on us.

我們剛要坐下來吃飯，威利叔叔就來了。

7. drop in the bucket 滄海一粟，九牛一毛，微量，一小部分

例句：Our university needs several million dollars for its building renovation project;$50,000 is a mere drop in the bucket.

我們大學的校舍整修計劃需要數百萬美元；5萬美元只是滄海一粟。

8. drop names 把名人的名字掛在嘴邊以提高自己的身價

例句：He likes to pretend he』s important by dropping a lot of names.

他喜歡把許多名人的名字掛在嘴邊以裝出一副很了不起的樣子。

9.drop off to sleep （不知不覺地）睡著，入睡

例句：The old lady in Dr.Gordon』s waiting room dropped off to sleep;Phyllis woke her up when it was time for her to go in to see him.

老太太在戈登醫生的候診室不知不覺地就睡著了；該輪到她進去就診時，菲利斯才把她叫醒。

10.drop the ball 犯錯誤，把事情搞砸，猶豫，錯失良機

例句：Let』s not drop the ball on this.

我們不要在這件事上搞砸了。

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