2分钟英语课堂：Get Away With用法 Get Away With

　　Get Away With

　　侥幸逃脱

　　Explanation

　　释义

　　Robbie: So, are you good at using verbs like to “get away with?”

　　Robbie: 那你会不会用“get away with”这个短语?

　　Jennifer: I think so. Using that type of verb is easy. You just need to know how and when to use it.

　　Jennifer: 会，这个动词短语很简单。你得知道怎么用，什么时候用。

　　Robbie: Okay, for example?

　　Robbie: 好，比如说呢?

　　Jennifer: The phrase “get away with” means to not get caught or punished for doing something wrong. For example - the student said she had studied for the test but she didn’t. She got a good grade anyway, so she got away with it.

　　Jennifer: “get away with”这个短语的意思是侥幸逃离，逃脱惩罚。比如说，一个学生说为了考试努力学习了，可是她没有。结果她考的分数很不错，所以她只是侥幸成功了。

　　Robbie: So in this sentence it means that she should have studied but it turned out all right anyway?

　　Robbie: 在这个句子中，意思是她应该努力学习，虽然结果却还过得去。

　　Jennifer: Yes, that’s right.

　　Jennifer: 是，就是这样。

　　Robbie: Okay. So, if I say “the students would love to get away with skipping school.” It means to skip school and not get caught, right?

　　Robbie: 好，那么，如果我说“学生就爱逃课。“get away with”的意思就是逃学没被捉住，是吗?

　　Jennifer: You have used it correctly, but don’t ever encourage children to skip school!

　　Jennifer: 句子是对的，但是不要鼓励孩子们逃课!

　　Robbie: I would never! Okay, now I will give you another example. Do you think he could get away with using cheap gas in his car?

　　Robbie: 我才不会!好了， 我给你举一些别的例子。你觉得他能凑合着用廉价燃气吗?

　　Jennifer: That’s a good example. My guess is that he couldn’t!

　　Jennifer: 例子举得好，我猜不行!

　　Robbie: Yeah! Okay, now let’s watch some conversations with more examples.

　　Robbie: 对哦!好了，我们来看看一些有更多例子的对话吧。

　　Escaping.

　　逃离

　　Jade: Hey, did you hear about Jack?

　　Jade:嘿!你知道Jack的消息吗?

　　Sandra: What is it?

　　Sandra: 怎么了?

　　Jade: He stole thousands of dollars from our company and then left town.

　　Jade:他偷了我们公司数千美元，然后离开了小镇。

　　Sandra: Whoa! Really? And they didn’t catch him?

　　Sandra: 哇!真的吗?他们没抓到他?

　　Jade: No, he got away with it completely so far. I think he left the country.

　　Jade:不是，他消失地无影无踪。我想他出国了。

　　Sandra: Oh man. Not many people have gotten away with stealing that much money. The police will find him.

　　Sandra: 哦，伙计，投了那么多钱，没多少人可以侥幸逃脱。警察会抓住他的。

　　Jade: Well... at least for now he got away with it...it’s been almost a month now and no one has found him.

　　Jade:嗯，至少现在他还逍遥法外。已经一个月了，没人找得到他 。

　　Sandra: That’s really sad for the owner. He lost a lot of money.

　　Sandra: 失主太伤心了，丢了这么多钱。

　　Jade: Yes, that’s true.

　　Jade:恩，是啊。

　　Trying to get away with it.

　　试着逃避

　　Larry: Hey. Did you find Sean yesterday?

　　Larry:嘿，昨天找到Sean了吗?

　　Marshal: Yeah. He was rushing towards his house and I found him then.

　　Marshal: 找到了，我看到他时，他当时正朝他家跑。

　　Larry: You found him?

　　Larry:你找到的他?

　　Marshal: Yes. He thought he could get away with not doing any work.

　　Marshal: 嗯，他想他能逃避责任，什么都不做。

　　Larry: He has done that before, you know.

　　Larry:你以前也这样做过，你知道吗。

　　Marshal: What?

　　Marshal: 什么?

　　Larry: You know, like getting away with not completing his work. This is the first time he was caught and now there’ll be consequences.

　　Larry:你看，像逃避工作，不完成工作。他这是第一次被捉住，就一定要得到惩罚。

　　Marshal: I don’t let anyone get away with not getting their work done.

　　Marshal: 我不会让任何不干活的人侥幸逃脱的。

　　Larry: You’re the boss, you know it!

　　Larry:由你决定，你知道的!

　　Marshal: I do know it!

　　Marshal: 我确实知道!