LECTURE 144 基本動詞 RUN 3

LECTURE 144 基本動詞 RUN 3

詞組講解

1. run off at the mouth *** 夸夸其談，信口開河

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：從嘴里［脫離（off）］跑掉

例 Leroy! Come over here! What's this I hear about you running off at the mouth about a big shipment of guns coming from South America? You want me to cut your goddamn tongue out? You keep your big mouth shut or I'll cut your damn head off. Do I make myself clear? Now get the hell out of here.

2. run off with sb. or sth. *** 偷走，綁架；與某人一起私奔

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：［帶著（with）］某人或某物［遠遠地（off）］跑掉或與某人［一起（with）］［遠遠地（off）］跑掉（逃掉）

例 It was just after 3:00 AM when I got the word that somebody had broken into the Smighsonian Space Museum and run off with the landing craft from the Apollo Eleven mission to the moon. My first thought was “this is exactly the kind of case I need to make a name for myself as a private detective. ”

3. run out of sth. / run out *** 用盡，耗盡；跑出去

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：因［不足、用完、沒有（out of）］某物而跑或［向外（out）］ 跑

例 He asked to stay over at my apartment for “just one night. ” Well it's been a week now. He's supposed to be looking for his own place, but he just sits around watching TV and eating everything I have. And when I've run out of something, he asks me to buy more! Damn, give him an inch and he takes a mile !

4. run over sb. or sth. *** （車輛）撞倒或碾過

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：［越過（over）］某人或某物跑

例 Johnson started it. He took his truck and ran over Fender's flower bed. So Fender, to show he could give as good as he got , jumped into his car and rammed into Johnson's lawn furniture. Then the two neighbors jumped out of their vehicles and started pushing and shoving each other.

5. run riot 〔wild〕 ** 放肆，撒野；（植物等）隨意生長

解 習語；詞義溯源：成為［大吵大鬧、混亂（riot）或放縱的（wild）］狀態(tài)

例 When we opened the factory door in the morning we found a mess. Someone had forgotten to turn off the automatic robotic supplies mover. Without anybody there to command it what to do, the machine ran wild all night long moving boxes at random all over the factory floor.

鞏固練習

(A) runs off at the mouth

(B) run off with

(C) run out of

(D) run over

(E) running wild

1. A: You've been accused of stealing a valuable piece of art from the office of your employer. How do you plead? B: Not guilty, Your Honor. I didn't ______ anything from anybody.

2. A: We can't make kim bop because we've ______ seaweed. B: There's no more seaweed left? We've used it all? A: Well, I don't see any in the storage closet. Can we buy some near here?

3. A: Horses aren't naturally a part of the great plains of North America. The Spanish brought them to the New World. Some of them escaped and began ______ in the plains, which are quite suitable for them. B: Are you telling me that hundreds of thousands of horses that live free, without any control came from just those few horses that escaped?

4. A: Where was the victim standing when the truck knocked her down and rolled over her body? And did the driver try to avoid hitting her? B: She was standing on the yellow dividing line near the crossing. And yes, the driver tried very hard not to ______ her, but couldn't avoid it.

5. A: Sir, you've got to move my desk away from Ms. Garland's. I can't get any work done—she talks and talks and talks. She never stops talking. B: Let me have a word with her first, okay? You're not the only one to complain that she ______. I'll talk with her, okay?

■ ANSWER

1. (B)

2. (C)

3. (E)

4. (D)

5. (A)

參考譯文

I. 1. 勒羅伊！過來！我聽到你在那信口開河地說從南美洲運來了一大船槍械，這是怎么回事？你是想讓我把你那該死的舌頭割掉嗎？你最好給我閉緊嘴巴，否則我就擰下你的腦袋。聽明白了嗎？馬上給我滾出去。

2. 凌晨三點剛過，我聽說有人非法闖入史密森尼太空博物館，把“阿波羅11號”執(zhí)行登月任務使用的登陸艙偷走了。我當時的第一個念頭是：“我需要的就是這樣的案子，它肯定能讓我這個私家偵探出名?！?

3. 他當時只要求在我的公寓“過一夜”。現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)過了一周了，他應該出去找房子，但是他只是坐在那里看電視，吃我的東西。每次我的東西用完了之后，他就讓我再去買！真可惡，真是得寸進尺！

4. 約翰遜先開著卡車，碾過芬德的花圃。接著，芬德也不甘示弱，他鉆進汽車，撞向約翰遜的戶外家具。然后這兩個鄰居跳出車子，開始推搡對方。

5. 早上我們打開工廠大門的時候，發(fā)現(xiàn)里面一團糟。有人忘了關掉自動機械搬運機，由于沒有人給它設定指令，這臺機器一晚上都失去了控制，把工廠地板上的箱子到處亂搬。

II. 1. A：你的老板指控你從辦公室偷走了一件價值不菲的藝術品。你如何解釋？B：我沒有罪，法官大人。我沒有從任何人那里偷過任何東西。

2. A：我們沒法做紫菜包飯了，因為紫菜已經(jīng)用完了。B：沒有紫菜了嗎？全都用完了？A：是的，儲物柜里沒有了。去附近買一些好嗎？

3. A：馬原來并不生活在北美洲的大平原上，是西班牙人把它們帶到了那里。其中一些馬逃了出來，開始在平原上自由繁衍，因為那里的環(huán)境非常適合它們。B：你是說成百上千匹無拘無束、自由生活的馬都是逃掉的那幾匹馬的后代？

4. A：受害人被卡車撞倒碾過時站在哪里？司機有沒有試圖避免撞到她？B：她當時站在十字路口附近的黃色分界線上。是的，司機努力地避免碾過她，但是已經(jīng)避不開了。

5. A：先生，你得把我的桌子搬到遠離加蘭女士的地方。我沒法工作——她老說話，一直不停地說。B：我先跟她談談，好嗎？并不是只有你一個人抱怨她愛夸夸其談。我會跟她談的，好嗎？