42 KICK: 踢；戒掉；使突然加速

42 KICK: 踢；戒掉；使突然加速

詞組講解

1. kick a 〔the〕 habit * 戒掉某種習(xí)慣

解 俚語；詞義溯源：戒掉［習(xí)慣（habit）］

例 I don't smoke anymore. I kicked the habit when my baby was born.

2. kick off *** （足球）開球；離去，死去

解 〈口〉短語動詞；詞義溯源：將…踢到［遠(yuǎn)方（off）］

例 The home team kicks off to the visiting team to open the game.

Mr. Robinson kicked off a few years back. I think he had a heart attack.

3. kick oneself for doing sth. / kick oneself ** 捶胸頓足；后悔（做了某事）

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：因為做了某事而踢自己

例 I could kick myself for not buying stock in the company when it was still cheap.

4. kick sb. or sth. around *** 粗暴（或輕蔑地）對待，虐待；非正式討論

解 〈口〉短語動詞；詞義溯源：［上下左右地（around）］踢某人或某物

例 Keep kicking that dog around and one of these days he's going to bite you.

The president asked his staff to kick the proposal around and report on it later.

5. kick sb. or sth. out *** 驅(qū)逐；解雇，開除

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：將某人或某物踢［出去（out）］

例 Mike told me you guys got kicked out of the ice rink. Why?

He has been kicked out of the office.

6. kick sth. in / kick in sth. *** 把（門等）踢開；砸開；繳付，捐助

解 〈口〉短語動詞；詞義溯源：將某物踢［進(jìn)去（in）］

例 The machine took his money but didn't give him coffee, so he kicked it in.

For every dollar we raise for the project, the city has promised to kick in two more.

7. kick sth. off / kick off sth. *** 發(fā)起；開始

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：將某物踢［遠(yuǎn)、開（off）］

例 Candidates are forbidden to kick off their campaigns before November 22nd.

8. kick up a fuss 〔row〕 ** 鬧事，騷動

解 〈口〉習(xí)語；詞義溯源：使［喧鬧（fuss）］或［口角（row）］［向上（up）］加速

例 Hundreds of concert-goers kicked up a fuss when the cancellation was announced.

9. kick up one's heels ** 盡情享樂

解 〈口〉習(xí)語；詞義溯源：［腳后跟（heels）］向［上（up）］踢

例 You work too much. Don't you ever go out and just kick up your heels?

參考譯文

1. 我不再吸煙了。我孩子出生的時候我就把這個習(xí)慣戒了。

2. 主隊把球開給客隊，比賽開始。

魯濱遜先生幾年前去世了。我想他是心臟病發(fā)去世的。

3. 如果在那家公司的股票很便宜的時候我沒買的話，我會后悔死的。

4. 你要是一直虐待那只小狗，總有一天它會咬你的。

董事長要求下屬對這個提議進(jìn)行討論，稍后向他報告。

5. 邁克跟我說，你們被溜冰場趕出來了。為什么？他被解雇了。

6. （自動售貨的）機器吞了他的錢，卻沒有給他咖啡，所以他把機器給砸壞了。

市政府承諾，我們每為該項目籌集一美元，政府就再捐助兩美元。

7. 在11月22日之前，候選人不能開始競選活動。

8. 當(dāng)演唱會被取消的消息公布之后，來聽演唱會的人們開始鬧事。

9. 你工作得太辛苦了。你沒去外面走走，盡情放松一下嗎？