迷你对话：
A:John's boss is really an evil man.
约翰的老板真是坏透了。
B:What do you mean?
为什么这样说？
A:He dismissed John afterbleeding him white. He has worked for him for more than twenty years.
他榨干了约翰的血汗就把他开除了。约翰已经为他工作二十多年了。
地道表达：
bleed someone white：榨干血汗
解词释义：
bleed是“使......流血”，改习语的意思为“使某人的血流干”，引申为“榨干血汗”。
支持范例：
Eg. They are trying to Bleed you white.
他们是在设法榨干你身上所有的钱 。
Eg. The tax man is trying to bleed me white.
税务员正想榨尽我的血汗。
词海拾贝：
1.an evil man：恶棍
2. work for：为......效力
Eg. A king in ancient times had many slaves to work for him.
古代的国王有很多奴隶给他干活。
Eg. I prize my independence too much to go and work for them.
决不愿意丧失自己的独立性去为他们效劳.
Eg. I want to work for the good of mankind.
我要为全人类的利益而工作。
Eg. He's so overbearing that no one wants to work for him.
他那么专横, 没人愿为他工作。
3.more than：超过，多于
Eg. It never takes more than an hour.
所用的时间从不超过一小时.
Eg. He is little more than a boy in worldly experience.
他涉世不深, 简直还是一个孩子。 |