迷你对话学地道口语第930期：报复

 　　第一， 迷你对话

　　A: What has happened? You got black and blue in the face.

　　怎么搞的，你脸上青一块紫一块的。

　　B: I fought with Bob.

　　我和鲍勃打了一架。

　　A: Terrible. How come?

　　糟透了，怎么会这样呢？

　　B: I don’t want to mention it. But I’ll get back at him some day.

　　我不想再提了，但是我终有一天会报复他的。

　　第二， 地道表达

　　get back at

　　1. 解词释义

　　Get back at someone的字母意思是“返回到某人身上去”，引申为“报复某人”。

　　2. 拓展范例

　　e.g. I didn't write this book to get back at Henry Ford¹ for firing me.

　　我写这本书也不是为了要向亨利?福特报解雇我之仇。

　　e.g. My classmate played a joke on me, and next day I got back at him.

　　我的同学和我开了个玩笑，第二天我报复了他。

　　e.g. I got back at him for spreading those lies about me.

　　他散布谎言诽谤我，对此我进行了报复。

　　e.g. When my boy friend broke up with me, I dated his best friend to get back at him.

　　当我的男朋友跟我分手后，我开始跟他最要好的朋友约会以作报复。

　　第三， 咬文嚼字

　　black and blue ： 遍体鳞伤的；青一块紫一块的e.g. After the fight, he was black and blue all over.

　　打架之后,他浑身青一块紫一块。

　　e.g. The smugglers pounced² on him and beat him black and blue.

　　走私贩们一拥而上，把他打得遍体鳞伤。

　　fight with sb.：与某人打架

　　e.g. They crowded around me, telling me that I had fought with two bullies³.

　　他们把我围住，告诉我说我打的是两个欺软怕硬的家伙。

　　e.g. They fought with all their might.

　　他们全力作战。

　　第四， 口语短句

　　某人的脸上青一块紫一块的。

　　Sb. is black and blue in the face.

 

1 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

2 pounced   

v.突然袭击( pounce的过去式和过去分词 )；猛扑；一眼看出；抓住机会（进行抨击）

参考例句：

• As soon as I opened my mouth, the teacher pounced on me. 我一张嘴就被老师抓住呵斥了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The police pounced upon the thief. 警察向小偷扑了过去。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 bullies   

n.欺凌弱小者, 开球 vt.恐吓, 威胁, 欺负

参考例句：

• Standing up to bullies takes plenty of backbone. 勇敢地对付暴徒需有大无畏精神。
• Bullies can make your life hell. 恃强欺弱者能让你的日子像活地狱。