86 TOUCH: 觸，碰

86 TOUCH: 觸，碰

詞組講解

1. touch a sore spot 〔point〕 ** 涉及敏感問(wèn)題

解 習(xí)語(yǔ)；詞義溯源：觸碰某人的［痛處（sore spot）］

例 Unless you want to touch a sore spot, I wouldn't mention his divorce.

2. touch on sth. *** 言及，提及

解 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞；詞義溯源：觸及某物或某事

例 Yes, we did touch on the matter, but we didn't discuss it.

3. touch sb. or sth. off / touch off sb. or sth. *** 激起，觸發(fā)；引爆

解 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞；詞義溯源：觸碰某人或某物使其［分離開(kāi)來(lái)（off）］

例 Somebody said something bad about his mother. It touched him off and he severely beat the guy who said it.

The court's decision touched off riots in every major city.

A spark from the electrical line touched off an explosion.

4. touch sth. up / touch up sth. *** 重新粉刷；潤(rùn)色

解 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞；詞義溯源：向［上（up）］觸摸某物

例 My car is in the paint shop. They're not going to paint the whole car, just touch up the little scratches and dents.

參考譯文

1. 要不是你想提傷心事，我才不會(huì)提起他離婚的事。

2. 是的，我們確實(shí)提到了這件事，但是我們沒(méi)有進(jìn)行討論。

3. 有人說(shuō)他媽媽的壞話。這激怒了他，把那個(gè)說(shuō)壞話的人打得很慘。

法院的判決在每個(gè)大城市都引發(fā)了騷亂。

電線上迸出的火花引發(fā)了爆炸。

4. 我的汽車在油漆車間。他們不是要給整輛車噴漆，只是噴噴小刮痕和小凹痕。