2014年12月大學(xué)英語(yǔ)六級(jí)考試口語(yǔ)小對(duì)話（12）

小對(duì)話：

A: The boss will criticize me openly in tomorrow’s conference.

老板在明天的會(huì)議上公開(kāi)批評(píng)我。

B: Bite your tongue if the boss say something you do not like during the meeting, or you get fired.

如果老板說(shuō)了你不中聽(tīng)的話，你要保持沉默，否則會(huì)被解雇的。

地道表達(dá)

bite one’s tongue

1. 解詞釋義

Bit是“咬”的意思，tongue是“舌頭”的意思。Bit one’s tongue的字面意思是“咬緊舌頭”，引申為“強(qiáng)忍住不說(shuō)，強(qiáng)迫自己保持沉默”。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. I think you have to bite your tongue when he's on the warpath.

我看在他想找事的時(shí)候，你最好甭吭聲。

e.g. The man was too rude that I had to bite my tongue to keep from getting into anargument with him.

那人如此粗魯，我只好不作聲，避免同他爭(zhēng)辯。

Ps ：in conference：在會(huì)議上 during the meeting：在會(huì)議進(jìn)行中 get fired：遭到解雇