聽美劇學(xué)英語 - 吸血鬼日記 第一季第2集13:如影隨形

1、trap

設(shè)陷阱捕捉

The locals were encouraged to trap and kill the birds.

當(dāng)?shù)鼐用襁^去被鼓勵(lì)設(shè)捕捉器捕殺這種鳥。

圈套;詭計(jì);騙局

He failed to keep a rendezvous after sensing a police trap

他察覺到警方設(shè)了圈套以后就沒有如約會(huì)面。

He was trying to decide whether the question was some sort of a trap.

他試圖判斷那個(gè)問題是不是個(gè)套。

誘騙;使上當(dāng);使中計(jì)

Were you just trying to trap her into making some admission?

你剛才是想誘使她供認(rèn)嗎？

She had trapped him so neatly that he wanted to slap her.

她騙他騙得如此干凈利落，他恨不得給她一記耳光。

誘捕；抓捕

The police knew that to trap the killer they had to play him at his own game.

警方知道要捉到兇手必須將計(jì)就計(jì)。

The couple set up a 24-hour security camera to trap the vandal scratching their car.

夫婦倆裝了個(gè) 24 小時(shí)監(jiān)控?cái)z像頭，想要抓住故意劃壞他們車子的家伙。

2、complicate

使難以理解；使復(fù)雜化

What complicates the issue is the burden of history.

歷史的重負(fù)使問題復(fù)雜化了。

The day's events, he said, would only complicate the task of the peacekeeping forces.

他說白天發(fā)生的事件只會(huì)使維和部隊(duì)的任務(wù)更為復(fù)雜。

3、come up

走近;走到跟前

Her cat came up and rubbed itself against their legs.

她的貓跑上前來，在他們腿上蹭來蹭去。

He came up to me and said: 'Come on, John.'

他走到我跟前說：“快點(diǎn)，約翰。”

被提及;被討論

The subject came up during a pre-dinner drink with our guests.

在與客人喝餐前酒的時(shí)候，有人提到了這個(gè)話題。

Jeane Kirkpatrick's name has come up a lot.

珍妮·柯克帕特里克的名字被多次提到。

即將發(fā)生;即將到來

Plan your activities so that you are rested and refreshed when something important is coming up.

做好日常規(guī)劃，這樣一旦發(fā)生大事，才能夠從容不迫。

We do have elections coming up.

我們的確將要進(jìn)行選舉。

突然發(fā)生

I was delayed — something came up at home.

我耽擱了些時(shí)候——家里出了點(diǎn)事。

Other projects came up and the emphasis of my work altered.

突然來了一些其他的項(xiàng)目，我的工作重點(diǎn)便轉(zhuǎn)移了。