英語口語練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第522期:竭力反對(duì)
迷你對(duì)話
A: I think “Sons and Lovers” is Lawrence autobiography.
我認(rèn)為勞倫斯的《兒子與情人》是一部自傳。
B: I am up in arms against this idea. It is just anovel.
我完全不贊同自己的觀點(diǎn)，他只是一部小說。
地道表達(dá)
up in arms against
1. 解詞釋義
Up in arms中的arm的意思是指“武器”，那么整個(gè)短語的意思是“進(jìn)行武裝斗爭(zhēng)”，引申為“竭力反對(duì)，持反對(duì)意見”。對(duì)話中“I am up in arms against this idea. ”的意思是“我不贊同這個(gè)意見。”
2 拓展例句
e.g. All of the colonies were up in arms against him.
所有的殖民地均奮起與他作斗爭(zhēng)。
e.g. I was against this from the start.
我是完全反對(duì)的呀。
3 視野拓展
近義短語：take up in the arms against
e.g. The unions have threatened to take up arms against the government's proposed wagespolicy.
工會(huì)威脅說要拿起武器反對(duì)政府提出的工資政策。
e.g. The peasants took up arms against the dictator.
農(nóng)民們拿起武器反抗獨(dú)裁者。
