轻松日记商务职场篇53:为朋友两肋插刀 在所不惜

 　　核心句型：

　　I should put my ass¹ on the line for you.

　　我理应为你两肋插刀的。

　　put my ass on the line直译过来就是：“将我的屁股放在绳子上”，这个短语的正确意思是：“两肋插刀，不惜一切”。因此，当美国人说"I should put my ass on the line for you."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"I should help you as possible as I can."、"I should try my best to support you."。

　　情景对白：

　　Terry: You've done me a great favor today. Otherwise, I must have lost my job.

　　泰瑞：你今天可帮了我一个大忙，要不然我工作就保不住了。

　　Benjamin: We're friends, right? I should put my ass on the line for you. I believe you'll do the same for me someday.

　　本杰明：我们是朋友，对吧？我理应为你两肋插刀的，我相信有朝一日你也会为我这么做的。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①You've really helped me a lot.

　　你真的帮了我很多忙。

　　②I'm grateful for your help.

　　对于你的帮助，我感激不尽。

　　③How can I repay your kindness?

　　我该如何报答你的恩情呢？

　　④In order to help me, you nearly entrapped³ yourself to danger.

　　你为了帮我，差点陷入危机。

　　单词：

　　1. grateful adj. 感谢的

　　She was grateful to him for being so good to her.

　　他对她这么好，令她很感激。

　　I should like to extend my grateful thanks to all the volunteers.

　　我想对所有的志愿者致以衷心的谢意。

　　2. entrap² vt. 使陷入

　　The police have been given extra powers to entrap drug traffickers.

　　警方已经被进一步授权诱捕毒贩。

　　He overturned the conviction, saying the defendant⁴ was entrapped.

　　他声称被告是被诱骗的，从而推翻了有罪的判决。

1 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

2 entrap   

v.以网或陷阱捕捉，使陷入圈套

参考例句：

• The police have been given extra powers to entrap drug traffickers.警方已经被进一步授权诱捕毒贩。
• He overturned the conviction,saying the defendant was entrapped.他声称被告是被诱骗的，从而推翻了有罪的判决。

3 entrapped   

v.使陷入圈套，使入陷阱( entrap的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was entrapped into undertaking the work. 他受骗而担任那工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He felt he had been entrapped into marrying her. 他觉得和她结婚是上了当。 来自辞典例句

4 defendant   

n.被告；adj.处于被告地位的

参考例句：

• The judge rejected a bribe from the defendant's family.法官拒收被告家属的贿赂。
• The defendant was borne down by the weight of evidence.有力的证据使被告认输了。