新航道冬令營:短語串燒 get at串串燒
短語get at 看起來很普通很平常,可是它卻有著很多不普通的意思,下面讓我們一起來看看它有多少種意思。
1. 拿到,找到,到達。如:
i have left my keys at home and can’t get at my books.
我把鑰匙落在家里了,因此拿不上我的書了。
2. 弄清楚,理解。如:
i cannot get at the meaning of this sentence.
我不理解這個句子的意思。
3. 有(某種)含義,有(什么)意思,(意思接近mean多用進行時)。如:
don’t you see what i’m getting at? if we shared a flat we could each live much more cheaply.
難道你不明白我的意思嗎? 如果我們合住一套公寓,我倆的房租都會便宜得多。
4. 找錯,責備(意思接近criticize,多用進行時態(tài))。如:
she’s always getting at her husband for not helping with the housework.
她總是怪她丈夫不幫她做家務(wù)。
5. 開始干(某工作)。如:
the job won’t take long to do when we once get at it.
這工作做起來花不了多長時間。
練一練
put the following sentences into chinese.
①no name was mentioned, but we all knew who was being got at.
②it was impossible to make out what she was getting at in her lecture.
③put the papers somewhere where the children can’t get at them.
④it’s no easy thing to get at the meaning of every idiom in english.
⑤i hope i have time to get at my homework tonight.
key:
①誰的名字都沒提,但我們都知道在說誰。
②搞明白她的講座說什么是不可能的。③把文件放在孩子們夠不著的地方。
④搞懂每一個英語習語的意思并不容易。
⑤我希望今天晚上有時間做我的作業(yè)。