基本动词DO补充词组

基本动词DO补充词组

1. do a snow job on sb. **花言巧语哄骗某人，拍马屁

解 〈口〉习语；词义溯源：对某人进行［欺骗（snow job）］

例 Car salesmen are notorious for doing a snow job on female customers who know nothing about cars and are easy to deceive. 汽车销售员名声很坏，因为他们花言巧语哄骗那些根本不懂汽车又容易上当的女性。

2. do damage to sb. **损害某人的名誉

解 〈口〉 习语；词义溯源：给某人的名誉造成［损害（damage）］

例 Ihope she won't do damage to me. 我希望她不会搞坏我的名声。

3. do one's best **竭尽全力

解 习语；词义溯源：做［最大努力、全力（one's best）］

例 He said he'd do his best to persuade the chairman and I told him I appreciated his sincere effort. 他说他会尽全力说服总裁，我说我非常感激他真诚的努力。

4. do one's duty **尽职尽责

解 习语；词义溯源：尽自己的［责任（duty）］

例 Stopping bank robbers is normal part of a policeman's job, so Officer Peter was just doing his duty. 阻止银行劫匪是警察的职责，所以彼得警官只是尽职而已。

5. do one's part 〔bit〕 **尽到本分，尽自己的职责

解 习语；词义溯源：尽自己的［本分、职责（part）］

例 I'm not asking you to solve the problem all by yourself, but only to do your part along with everyone else who is helping out. 我并不是让你独自解决这个问题，只要做好你该做的部分，大家协作解决问题。

6. do 〔make〕 sb. or sth. over / do 〔make〕over sb. or sth. ***重新装饰

解 短语动词；词义溯源：［重新、再一次，彻底（over）］装饰某人或某物

例 We plan to do the employee cafeteria over to make it more functional and comfortable. 我们计划将员工餐厅重新装修，使其更加实用，更加舒适。

7. do sth. by hand **（不用机械）用手工做

解 习语；词义溯源：［用手（by hand）］做某事

例 Even with today's advanced manu-facturing technology, certain tasks can still only be done by hand. 即使有当今先进的制造技术，有些任务依然只能靠手工完成。

8. do sth. up brown **精心安排，认真做好

解 习语；词义溯源：烹制某物至［完全（up）］变成［褐色（brown）］

例 Lisa always does a good job, so I'm sure she'll do this project up brown if we assign it to her. 莉萨总是做得很好，所以如果我们把这个项目分配给她，我肯定她会认真做好的。