英语口语练习小对话 第184期:公开摊牌 解决争端

迷你对话：

A: Do you know that Mary’s marriage is on the rocks?

你知道吗？Mary的婚姻面临破裂了。

B: Really? I’ve never heard of it!

真的吗？我从没听说过。

A: I saw her husband have it out with her yesterday.

我看见她的丈夫昨天来跟她摊牌。

B: I think Mary must be sad, because she loves her husband very much.

我想Mary一定很难过，因为她很爱她的丈夫。

地道表达：

have it out with sb.

解词释义：

在英语中，have something out with sb.是一个习惯用语，它的意思是“通过公开的辩论以解决争端”。它同have it out with sb.的用法和意义完全相同。

支持范例：

Eg. He decided that he might as well have it out with them.

他决定还是和他们把问题谈清楚的好。

Eg. You must pluck up courage and have it out with Mary once and for all!

你要胆大老练，对Mary说个明白！

Eg. After suffering silently, she decided to have it out with her husband.

在默默地忍受之后,她决定向丈夫摊牌。

Eg. I\'m going to see Frank and have it out with him. It\'s time we knew what he\'s doing.

我要去见弗兰克，和他争个明白。该是我们知道他在干什么的时候了。

词海拾贝：

1. on the rocks：毁坏，破产

Eg. Financially, are you on the rocks ?

你的经济状况是不是很拮据呢？

Eg. Their marriage has been on the rocks for a couple of months.

他们的婚姻触礁好几个月了，已经濒于破裂。

Eg. Did she have a hunch that my business is going on the rocks?

她是不是预感到我的生意要垮台？

Eg. By the time I\'ve paid all the bills I owe, I shall be on the rocks.

等我付完了所有的欠帐,我就身无分文了。

2. hear of ：听说，闻悉，获悉

Eg. I was shocked to hear of his poor death.

听到他惨遭不幸的噩耗, 我十分震惊。

Eg. We were more than happy to hear of your escape!

我们听说你逃了出来，万分高兴。

Eg. Captain Henry doesn\'t want to hear of these sad things.

亨利上校可不想听这些伤心事儿。

Eg. When I hear of cruelty to animals it makes me see red.

我听到如此残忍对待动物，气得我怒不可遏。