【英语早间课堂】话说地道美语 Lesson 23(2)之一

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Get on one's case或者是be on one's case的意思是对某人指手画脚，对某人唠唠叨叨，批评责备某人。那么，我们还有很多的表述这样意思的习语或者是动词短语。在今后的航程中，我们就逐一来学习。

第一、我们可以说order sb about。In English, it means"to keep telling sb what to do in a way that is annoying or unpleasant". 中文意思是（不断地）支使某人，命令某人，差遣某人，使唤某人，摆布某人（做某事）。

下面，我们来就通过几个例句来熟悉这个习语的意思。例句1：I think you have got no right to order me about. 我想你没有权利支使我干这干那的。例句2： If he thinks he can order me about as he likes, I'll tell him where to get off. 如果他认为他可以随意指使我，我就要教训他老实点。

第二，我们可以说come down on sb。In English, it means "to criticize sb severely¹ or punish sb". 中文意思是斥责某人或者是惩罚某人。

下面，我们来就通过几个例句来熟悉这个习语的意思。例句1：If you don't work diligently², the boss will come down hard on you. 如果你不努力工作，老板会找你算帐。Some of them may feel that I come down on them too hard, but they know that this is helpful to them. 他们也许有人认为我对他们过于严厉，但他们知道这对他们是有益处的Come down on sb不但有责备，斥责，责骂的意思，还有惩罚的意思。我们来看下面的例子。

例句1： If you don't behave well, I'll come down on you with heavy hand. 如果你不老实话，我定会对你不客气。

注解：Heavy hand字面上的意思是很重的手，引申为“是严厉的手段”“高压手段”“严酷的手腕”的意思。例如：The king ruled with heavy hand. 国王用高压手段统治。Several officers worried about the heavy hand of government. 一些官员对政府的强硬措施表示担忧。

例句2：All his creditors³ came down on him for prompt payment of his bills when they heard of his financial difficulties. 他的债主听到他发生经济困难，一齐向他提出立即付清欠账的要求。

注解1：Prompt payment是“立即付款”的意思。例如：Prompt payment is requested.我们要求立即付款。

注解2： Hear of 是“听说”的意思。例如：We're sorry to hear of your father's death. 我们获悉令尊去世，非常难过。

好，亲爱的朋友们，我们本次航班还未抵达目的地。但是下面的时间是乘务员为您倒果汁，就餐的时候了。我们待会儿再学习与get one's case意思相近的表述法。在就餐完后，不妨考虑一下用今天所讲的语言点如何翻译下面的5个句子。祝您用餐愉快！See you later! (to be continued)【考考你】

1. 我不能让你替我还债－－我不同意此事。

2. 你母亲若知此事定会怒不可遏。

3. 如能迅速付款，将不胜感激。

4. 我不是有意支使你和妈妈的。

5. 一方面，政府从严管制网站和因特网服务。

参考翻译答案如下：

1. Your mother will be furious if she gets to hear of this. 2. I can't let you pay my debts ——I won't hear of such a thing. 3. We would appreciate your prompt payment.

4. I didn't mean to order mother and you about.

5. On the one hand, the government regulates websites and Internet services with heavy hand.

转自可可英语

1 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

2 diligently   

ad.industriously;carefully

参考例句：

• He applied himself diligently to learning French. 他孜孜不倦地学法语。
• He had studied diligently at college. 他在大学里勤奋学习。

3 creditors   

n.债权人，债主( creditor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They agreed to repay their creditors over a period of three years. 他们同意3年内向债主还清欠款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 来自《简明英汉词典》