英語口語練習(xí)小對話 第184期:公開攤牌 解決爭端

迷你對話：
A: Do you know that Mary’s marriage is on the rocks?
你知道嗎?Mary的婚姻面臨破裂了。
B: Really? I’ve never heard of it!
真的嗎?我從沒聽說過。
A: I saw her husband have it out with her yesterday.
我看見她的丈夫昨天來跟她攤牌。
B: I think Mary must be sad, because she loves her husband very much.
我想Mary一定很難過，因為她很愛她的丈夫。
地道表達(dá)：
have it out with sb.
解詞釋義：
在英語中，have something out with sb.是一個習(xí)慣用語，它的意思是“通過公開的辯論以解決爭端”。它同have it out with sb.的用法和意義完全相同。
支持范例：
Eg. He decided that he might as well have it out with them.
他決定還是和他們把問題談清楚的好。
Eg. You must pluck up courage and have it out with Mary once and for all!
你要膽大老練，對Mary說個明白!
Eg. After suffering silently, she decided to have it out with her husband.
在默默地忍受之后,她決定向丈夫攤牌。
Eg. I'm going to see Frank and have it out with him. It's time we knew what he's doing.
我要去見弗蘭克，和他爭個明白。該是我們知道他在干什么的時候了。
詞海拾貝：
1. on the rocks：毀壞，破產(chǎn)
Eg. Financially, are you on the rocks ?
你的經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況是不是很拮據(jù)呢?
Eg. Their marriage has been on the rocks for a couple of months.
他們的婚姻觸礁好幾個月了，已經(jīng)瀕于破裂。
Eg. Did she have a hunch that my business is going on the rocks?
她是不是預(yù)感到我的生意要垮臺?
Eg. By the time I've paid all the bills I owe, I shall be on the rocks.
等我付完了所有的欠帳,我就身無分文了。
2. hear of ：聽說，聞悉，獲悉
Eg. I was shocked to hear of his poor death.
聽到他慘遭不幸的噩耗, 我十分震驚。
Eg. We were more than happy to hear of your escape!
我們聽說你逃了出來，萬分高興。
Eg. Captain Henry doesn't want to hear of these sad things.
亨利上校可不想聽這些傷心事兒。
Eg. When I hear of cruelty to animals it makes me see red.
我聽到如此殘忍對待動物，氣得我怒不可遏。