詞組講解
1. pull a boner * 犯大錯(cuò),捅大婁子
解 俚語(yǔ);詞義溯源:犯[大錯(cuò)(boner)]
例 Tom lost the file and Mr. Edwards warned him not to pull a boner like that again.
2. pull a fast one * 欺騙,作弄
解 俚語(yǔ);詞義溯源:實(shí)施[欺騙(fast one)]
例 He's trying to pull a fast one, but he doesn't fool me.
3. pull a trick 〔stunt〕 on sb. / pull a trick 〔stunt〕 ** ?;ㄕ校乖幱?jì)
解 習(xí)語(yǔ);詞義溯源:實(shí)施[詭計(jì)、花招、把戲(trick, stunt)]
例 Our team pulled a trick and won the game.
4. pull ahead of sb. or sth. *** 超過(guò),領(lǐng)先
解 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞;詞義溯源:移動(dòng)到某人或某物的[前面、前方(ahead)]
例 China's economy may pull ahead that of the United States in the next century.
5. pull in *** 拉進(jìn),拉入;(汽車(chē))靠邊停車(chē)
解 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞;詞義溯源:將某物拉[進(jìn)(in)]某處
例 Vince opened the garage door so I could pull in.
6. pull one's leg ** 跟某人開(kāi)玩笑,戲弄
解 〈口〉習(xí)語(yǔ);詞義溯源:拽或者拉某人的[腿(leg)]
例 The boss didn't die! They were pulling your leg when they told you that.
7. pull one's punches * 故意不用力擊打;手下留情
解 俚語(yǔ);詞義溯源:拉住某人的[擊打、出拳(punches)]
例 If Mancini hadn't pulled his punches, he could have easily knocked Jones out.
8. pull one's teeth ** 使某人變得無(wú)害,使某人無(wú)所施其技
解 〈口〉習(xí)語(yǔ);詞義溯源:拔某人的[牙(teeth)]
例 The Americans want to pull Iraq's teeth by denying its military equipment.
9. pull oneself together ** 冷靜下來(lái);振奮精神
解 習(xí)語(yǔ);詞義溯源:將自己[一同(together)]拉住
例 It took months for David to pull himself together after the death of his mother.
10. pull oneself up / pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps ** 靠自己的努力獲得成功
解 習(xí)語(yǔ);詞義溯源:用自己的[力量(bootstraps)]將自己拉[上去(up)]
例 Failure after failure, Groll pulled himself up and continued to strive.
11. pull over *** 將車(chē)停在路邊
解 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞;詞義溯源:拉動(dòng)某物使其[依靠(over)]在某物上
例 Could you pull over near that theater? That's where I want to get out.
12. pull rank on sb. / pull rank ** 以權(quán)欺人
解 習(xí)語(yǔ);詞義溯源:[針對(duì)(on)]某人向上拉[等級(jí)(rank)]
例 If I have to pull rank on you to get you to comply, I warn you I will.
13. pull sb. or sth. down *** 拉下,拉倒;拆掉;使(價(jià)值、地位等)下降;得到,賺到;使(政府等)倒臺(tái)
解 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞;詞義溯源:將某人或某物[向下(down)]拉
例 I need you to pull those blankets down from the top shelf.
The national debt is pulling this nation down!
How much do you pull down working at Denny's Restaurant?
The earthquake left the old church unstable, so it had to be pulled down.
An oversupply has pulled down the prices of wheat and barley.
14. pull sb. or sth. through sth. *** (使)渡過(guò)危機(jī)(或難關(guān));(使)恢復(fù)健康
解 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞;詞義溯源:拉著某人或某物從某物中[穿過(guò)、通過(guò)(through)]
例 A special tool was used to pull the wire through the conduit.
The plan will help pull the company through its financial difficulties.
15. pull sth. off / pull off sth. *** 拿掉,脫下;(成功地)完成
解 〈俚〉短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞;詞義溯源:將某物從某處拉[下來(lái)(off)]
例 It's attached by Velcro, so it's easy to pull off and put on again.
It's going to be difficult, but I think they'll pull it off in the end.
16. pull sth. on sb. *** 拔出刀、槍等對(duì)付某人
解 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞;詞義溯源:將某物拔出來(lái)對(duì)著某人
例 Once inside the building, the man pulled a gun on the security guard.
17. pull sth. out of a hat ** 像變魔術(shù)一樣拿出
解 習(xí)語(yǔ);詞義溯源:[從帽子中(out of a hat)]變魔術(shù)般地拉出某物
例 Down by 3 goals, Japan is going to have to pull a miracle out of a hat to defeat the South Korean team.
18. pull sth. together ** 將某物拉到一起;齊心協(xié)力,團(tuán)結(jié)起來(lái)
解 習(xí)語(yǔ);詞義溯源:將某物拉到一起;參照scrape sth. together
例 Please pull together the commands and run that on each system.
If you pull together, success is certain.
19. pull strings ** 利用私人關(guān)系,走后門(mén);在幕后操縱
解 習(xí)語(yǔ);詞義溯源:拉著(木偶的)[操縱線(strings)]
例 Bob knows the manager of that hotel, so maybe he can pull some strings and get us a room for New Year's Eve.
20. pull the plug on sb. or sth. ** 放手;撤回支持
解 〈口〉習(xí)語(yǔ);詞義溯源:拔掉[塞子、插頭(plug)]
例 Budget cuts have forced the Pentagon to pull the plug on the project.
21. pull the rug out from under sb. ** 打亂某人的計(jì)劃,拆某人的臺(tái)
解 習(xí)語(yǔ);詞義溯源:從某人的腳下抽出[墊子、毯子(rug)]
例 The government cancelled its support, which pulled the rug out from under us.
22. pull the wool over one's eyes ** 蒙騙某人
解 習(xí)語(yǔ);詞義溯源:拔下[羊毛(wool)][蓋在(over)]某人的眼上
例 Retailers are pulling the wool over their customers' eyes with false bargain sales.
23. pull through *** (使)渡過(guò)危機(jī)(或難關(guān));(使)康復(fù)
解 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞;詞義溯源:拉動(dòng)使其順利地[通過(guò)(through)]
例 Very few people survive liver cancer, but somehow grandpa pulled through.
24. pull up stakes ** 搬家,離開(kāi)
解 習(xí)語(yǔ);詞義溯源:將[木樁(stakes)][向上(up)]拔
例 Tyson Electronic pulled up stakes and moved their operations overseas.
參考譯文
1. 湯姆把文件丟了,愛(ài)德華茲先生警告他再也不準(zhǔn)犯這種大錯(cuò)了。
2. 他想騙我,但沒(méi)成功。
3. 我們隊(duì)耍了個(gè)花招,贏得了比賽。
4. 下個(gè)世紀(jì),中國(guó)的經(jīng)濟(jì)可能超過(guò)美國(guó)。
5. 文斯打開(kāi)車(chē)庫(kù)的門(mén),讓我把車(chē)開(kāi)進(jìn)去。
6. 老板沒(méi)有死!他們這么說(shuō)只是在跟你開(kāi)玩笑。
7. 如果曼西尼不手下留情,很容易就能把瓊斯擊倒。
8. 美國(guó)人想通過(guò)不承認(rèn)伊拉克的軍事裝備來(lái)消除其威脅。
9. 戴維在母親去世后,花了幾個(gè)月時(shí)間才讓自己重新振作起來(lái)。
10. 格羅爾經(jīng)歷過(guò)一次又一次失敗,但他總能自力更生,轉(zhuǎn)敗為勝,奮發(fā)圖強(qiáng)。
11. 你能在那個(gè)劇院附近的路邊停車(chē)嗎?我要在那里下車(chē)。
12. 如果我得利用職權(quán)強(qiáng)迫你才能讓你服從的話,那我警告你我會(huì)的。
13. 我需要你把那些毛毯從最上面的架子上拉下來(lái)。
國(guó)債正在削弱這個(gè)國(guó)家!
你在丹尼餐廳工作能獲得多少報(bào)酬?
地震使老教堂不穩(wěn)固,所以只能把它拆毀。
供大于求的狀況使小麥與大麥的價(jià)格降低。
14. 用特殊工具將線穿過(guò)了導(dǎo)管。
這個(gè)計(jì)劃將幫助這家公司渡過(guò)財(cái)務(wù)困難。
15. 這是用維可牢尼龍搭扣系上的,所以很容易脫下和穿上。
雖然會(huì)有困難,但我想他們最終會(huì)圓滿完成的。
16. 那個(gè)人一進(jìn)入大樓就掏出一把槍對(duì)著保安。
17. 日本隊(duì)落后3分,他們只有像變魔術(shù)那樣變出奇跡才能打敗韓國(guó)隊(duì)。
18. 請(qǐng)將命令組合起來(lái),并在每個(gè)系統(tǒng)中運(yùn)行。
如果你們通力合作,就一定能夠成功。
19. 鮑勃認(rèn)識(shí)那家酒店的經(jīng)理,所以,或許他能走走后門(mén),為我們?cè)谛履昵耙褂喴粋€(gè)房間。
20. 預(yù)算縮減迫使五角大樓不再支持該項(xiàng)目。
21. 政府撤銷(xiāo)了支持,打亂了我們的計(jì)劃。
22. 零售商用虛假大減價(jià)蒙騙他們的客戶。
23. 很少有肝癌患者能存活,但是爺爺卻康復(fù)了。
24. 泰森電子公司撤離了,把業(yè)務(wù)轉(zhuǎn)移到了海外。