4 40用英语怎么说(34闭嘴)
情景对话:
A: Hi! Do you know the professor’s perspective iswrong.
你好!你知道教授的观点是什么吗?
B: Put a lid on it.
闭嘴。
地道表达
put a lid on something
1. 解词释义
Put a lid on something的意思是(对谈论的话题)闭嘴,不要说了,安静下来。其英文解释如下:something that you say in order to tell someone to stop talking.
2. 拓展例句
e.g. If he does, you can give me a call and I'll come over and tell him to put a lid on it.
那个人要是再来找麻烦,你就打电话给我,我来让他闭嘴!
e.g. Would you please put a lid on all that chatter, I'm trying to work.
可不可以请你不要讲话了,我在工作。
3. 视野拓展
Put a lid on something还有一个意思是“限制,禁止”或“遮掩,隐瞒(真相,实情)”。例如:
e.g.The new law will put a lid on government spending.
新法律将限制政府开支。
e.g. Government makes a move to put a lid on gambling.
政府已经采取行动取缔赌博。
e.g. We must make this movement thorough and deep-going and carry this struggle throughto the end. On no account should we try to put a lid on it.
我们一定要把这场斗争搞深搞透,进行到底,决不能捂盖子。
e.g. They tell us to put a lid on the report until the campaign is over.
他们告诉我们竞选结束之前,先隐瞒那份报告。
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