英语听力汇总   |   英语六级攻克阅读关键句235. For many years, America and Americans cou

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235. For many years, America and Americans could get by with cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance.

译文 多年以来,美国和美国人都以对于文化和语言的无知为理由而蒙混过关。

点睛 本句的主干是...America and Americans could get by...。for many years为时间状语。

with引导伴随状语。get by意为“过得去;蒙混过关”。如:

I hope I can get by in a dark suit for this formal occasion. 我希望我能穿一件深色的衣服,把这个正式场合应付过去。

ignorance意为“无知;愚昧”。如:

Superstition results from ignorance. 迷信产生于无知。

考点归纳 与get有关的短语很多。包括:

get even with意为“向……报复”。如:

Mike accused Mary of costing him the job and said that he would get even with her one day. 迈克控诉玛丽使他丢了工作,并且扬言说总有一天他会报复她的。

get a grip on oneself意为“控制自己的情绪”。如:

Stop being hysterical and get a grip on yourself. 不要歇斯底里了,要控制自己的情绪。

get...straight意为“把……弄清楚;打开天窗说亮话”。如:

Let us get this straight: David needs a car and I lend it to him, not you. 让我们把这件事情弄清楚:戴维需要一辆车,是我把车借给了他,不是你借的。

get the better of意为“胜过;占上风”。如:

David is a bilingual. No wonder he got the better of Kate in handling some tricky problems. 戴维会两种语言。难怪他在处理一些难题时比凯特做得好。

get the message意为“了解别人所说的,领会;得到信息”。如:

As no one asked any question, I assume all got the message. 鉴于没有人提问,我就假定大家都明白了。