英語口語練習小對話 第510期:閉嘴

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　　迷你對話

　　A: Hi! Do you know the professor’s perspective iswrong.

　　你好!你知道教授的觀點是什么嗎?

　　B: Put a lid on it.

　　閉嘴。

　　地道表達

　　put a lid on something

　　1. 解詞釋義

　　Put a lid on something的意思是(對談論的話題)閉嘴，不要說了，安靜下來。其英文解釋如下：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.

　　那個人要是再來找麻煩，你就打電話給我，我來讓他閉嘴!

　　e.g. Would you please put a lid on all that chatter, I'm trying to work.

　　可不可以請你不要講話了，我在工作。

　　3. 視野拓展

　　Put a lid on something還有一個意思是“限制，禁止”或“遮掩，隱瞞(真相，實情)”。例如：

　　e.g.The new law will put a lid on government spending.

　　新法律將限制政府開支。

　　e.g. Government makes a move to put a lid on gambling.

　　政府已經(jīng)采取行動取締賭博。

　　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.

　　我們一定要把這場斗爭搞深搞透，進行到底，決不能捂蓋子。

　　e.g. They tell us to put a lid on the report until the campaign is over.

　　他們告訴我們競選結束之前，先隱瞞那份報告。