英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第106期::榨干血汗

迷你對(duì)話：
A: John's boss is really an evil man.
約翰的老板真是壞透了。
B: What do you mean?
為什么這樣說(shuō)?
A: He dismissed John after bleeding him white . He has worked for him for more than twenty years.
他榨干了約翰的血汗就把他開除了。約翰已經(jīng)為他工作二十多年了。
地道表達(dá)：
bleed someone white：榨干血汗
解詞釋義：
bleed是“使......流血”，改習(xí)語(yǔ)的意思為“使某人的血流干”，引申為“榨干血汗”。
支持范例：
Eg. They are trying to Bleed you white.
他們是在設(shè)法榨干你身上所有的錢 。
Eg. The tax man is trying to bleed me white.
稅務(wù)員正想榨盡我的血汗。
詞海拾貝：
1. an evil man：惡棍
2 . work for：為......效力
Eg. A king in ancient times had many slaves to work for him.
古代的國(guó)王有很多奴隸給他干活。
Eg. I prize my independence too much to go and work for them.
決不愿意喪失自己的獨(dú)立性去為他們效勞.
Eg. I want to work for the good of mankind.
我要為全人類的利益而工作。
Eg. He's so overbearing that no one wants to work for him.
他那么專橫, 沒人愿為他工作。
3. more than：超過(guò)，多于
Eg. It never takes more than an hour.
所用的時(shí)間從不超過(guò)一小時(shí).
Eg. He is little more than a boy in worldly experience.
他涉世不深, 簡(jiǎn)直還是一個(gè)孩子。