LECTURE 140 基本动词 PUT 11

LECTURE 140 基本动词 PUT 11

词组讲解

1. put the blame on sb. or sth. ** 把某事归咎于

解 习语；词义溯源：向某人或某物施加［责备、责任（blame）］

例 Jackson claims the organization is making a scapegoat of him. “They need somebody to put the blame on. I happened to be conveniently available to them as I have not done well in maintaining friendships with the board members,”Jackson said in a press release.

2. put 〔have〕 the cart before the horse ** 本末倒置；前后颠倒

解 习语；词义溯源：把［马车（cart）］放在马的前面

例 In a move critics are calling “putting the cart before the horse” city officials voted to name the yet to be built public park in Rosedale “Henry Burke People's Park. ” The park will not be constructed until the licenses of two businesses located on the site expire, late next summer.

3. put 〔lay〕 the finger on sb. * 告密，提供情报；指认

解 俚语；词义溯源：［瞄准（on）］某物使［手指（finger）］放在那边

例 Dristol has built up a reserve of informants who, he claims, have infiltrated every major gang and nearly all illegal drug organizations. For the right price they're willing to put their lives on the line and put the finger on the people behind some of this city's most heinous crimes.

4. put the heat 〔screws, squeeze〕 on sb. / put the heat 〔screws, squeeze〕 on * 给某人施加压力；强迫某人

解 俚语；词义溯源：给某人附加［压力（heat，screws，squeeze）］

例 To keep his informants in line , Dristol personally helps them avoid prosecution for their own crimes. Should an informant refuse to cooperate, he puts the screws on them by reminding them that the only thing standing between them and imprisonment is him. “I've found just holding that over their heads is usually enough,” Dristol says with a smirk as he gulps down coffee.

5. put two and two together ** 根据事实推断

解 习语；词义溯源：把某物或某事一件件安装或拼凑起来

例 Chris! Put two and two together! She hasn't called you since she went to the university and when you called her a man answered her phone. Face it, buddy— she's got another boyfriend. You're not good enough for her.

巩固练习

(A) putting the blame on

(B) putting the cart before the horse

(C) put the finger on

(D) put the heat on

(E) put two and two together

1. A: My God, who told you that? It was supposed to be a secret. B: Nobody told me. I just figured it out based on what I saw and heard. I saw you and Lisa coming out of Dr. Kilsky's office last week. And I heard you tell Lisa to eat good food during “this special time”. So I ______ and deduced that Lisa is pregnant.

2. A: They're still resisting the merger, are they? Well, I think it's time to use pressure to force them to go along with us. B: If you want to ______ them, I've got a great idea of how to do it.

3. A: We all know Torrelo's guilty, but until we can find somebody brave enough to ______ him, we'll never be able to arrest him. B: Or greedy enough. Surely one of his men would implicate him if we offered enough money to persuade him to say who did it. A: Forget it, none of his men are going to tell the police he did it. No way!

4. A: When something bad happens, I don't want to hear anybody saying who is responsible for it. In this office, we are a team. If something goes wrong, we're all responsible. B: But I wasn't ______ Alicia, I was just pointing out that...

5. A: We ought to have the new cookies at the stores before we start advertising them. We're ______, aren't we? B: I know it's in reverse of the usual order, but it's the way Mr. Lee wants it.

■ ANSWER

1. (E)

2. (D)

3. (C)

4. (A)

5. (B)

参考译文

I. 1. 杰克逊声称该组织让他当了替罪羊。他在一次新闻发布会中表示：“他们需要有人负责，而我恰恰可以，因为我没有跟董事会成员维持良好的关系。”

2. 市政官员们通过投票将罗斯代尔尚未开工建设的公园命名为“亨利·伯克人民公园”，此举被批评家称为“本末倒置”。在位于该地区的两家企业营业执照到期之前，即明年夏末，该公园还不会开工建设。

3. 德里斯特尔声称，他已经储备了一些线人资源，并且渗透到所有主要的帮派和几乎所有非法贩毒组织内部。只要价钱合适，他们愿意冒生命危险，向警方告发这个城市最恶劣犯罪活动的幕后黑手。

4. 为了管理好他的线人，德里斯特尔帮助他们避免因为犯罪行为而受到起诉。如果有线人拒绝配合，他会向他们施加压力，提醒他们，在坐牢和不坐牢之间唯一的选择就是他。德里斯特尔喝了一大口咖啡，得意地说道：“我发现只要用这个来要挟他们就足够了。”

5. 克里斯！根据事实来推断一下！自从她上大学之后就再也没有给你打过电话，你给她打电话的时候，是一个男的接的。接受现实吧，伙计——她有新男朋友了。你对她来说还不够好。

II. 1. A：老天，谁告诉你的？这事应该保密的。B：没有人告诉我。我只是根据我所看到和听到的推断出来的。我上周看到你和莉萨从希尔斯基医生的办公室里出来。而且我听到你让莉萨在这个“特殊时期”吃得好点。所以我以此推断莉萨怀孕了。

2. A：他们还在抵制并购，对吗？我想该施加压力让他们赞同我们了。B：如果你想向他们施加压力，我倒是有一个好主意。

3. A：我们都知道特雷洛的罪行，但是在找到足够勇敢的人指证他之前，我们不能逮捕他。B：能找到足够贪婪的人也行。只要我们拿出足够多的钱，说服他的手下说出事情是谁做的，一定会有人把他牵扯进来的。A：得了吧，他的手下不会告诉警察他做过。不可能！

4. A：在坏事发生的时候，我不想听到任何人说谁该为此负责。在这间办公室，我们是一个团队。出了事，我们都有责任。B：但是我并不是要让艾丽西亚负责，我只是想指明……

5. A：我觉得开始做广告之前，商店应该先有这些新饼干产品的备货。我们本末倒置了，不是吗？B：我知道这与正常顺序相反，但是李先生就是想这么做。