听美剧学英语 - 吸血鬼日记 第一季第2集13:如影随形

1、trap

设陷阱捕捉

The locals were encouraged to trap and kill the birds.

当地居民过去被鼓励设捕捉器捕杀这种鸟。

圈套;诡计;骗局

He failed to keep a rendezvous after sensing a police trap

他察觉到警方设了圈套以后就没有如约会面。

He was trying to decide whether the question was some sort of a trap.

他试图判断那个问题是不是个套。

诱骗;使上当;使中计

Were you just trying to trap her into making some admission?

你刚才是想诱使她供认吗？

She had trapped him so neatly that he wanted to slap her.

她骗他骗得如此干净利落，他恨不得给她一记耳光。

诱捕；抓捕

The police knew that to trap the killer they had to play him at his own game.

警方知道要捉到凶手必须将计就计。

The couple set up a 24-hour security camera to trap the vandal scratching their car.

夫妇俩装了个 24 小时监控摄像头，想要抓住故意划坏他们车子的家伙。

2、complicate

使难以理解；使复杂化

What complicates the issue is the burden of history.

历史的重负使问题复杂化了。

The day's events, he said, would only complicate the task of the peacekeeping forces.

他说白天发生的事件只会使维和部队的任务更为复杂。

3、come up

走近;走到跟前

Her cat came up and rubbed itself against their legs.

她的猫跑上前来，在他们腿上蹭来蹭去。

He came up to me and said: 'Come on, John.'

他走到我跟前说：“快点，约翰。”

被提及;被讨论

The subject came up during a pre-dinner drink with our guests.

在与客人喝餐前酒的时候，有人提到了这个话题。

Jeane Kirkpatrick's name has come up a lot.

珍妮·柯克帕特里克的名字被多次提到。

即将发生;即将到来

Plan your activities so that you are rested and refreshed when something important is coming up.

做好日常规划，这样一旦发生大事，才能够从容不迫。

We do have elections coming up.

我们的确将要进行选举。

突然发生

I was delayed — something came up at home.

我耽搁了些时候——家里出了点事。

Other projects came up and the emphasis of my work altered.

突然来了一些其他的项目，我的工作重点便转移了。