英语俚语习语小对话第67期: "催促迫使"英语怎么说? (mp3和文本下载)

build a fire under sb

讲解：build是动词，有“构成，形成，使成为”的意思，build fire就是“生火”的意思，build a fire under sb字面意思是“在某人的脚下点把火”，引申为“催促某人行动起来”。

支持范例：

Eg.The landlord built a fire under the poor peasants for the debt.
地主催促可怜的农民还债。

Eg.Don't build a fire under us for an answer to your request.
不要催促我答复你们的请求。

Eg.They are building a fire under them to take an action.
他们催促他采取行动。

Eg.The boss built a fire under his employee to make an explanation to it.
老板催促他的雇员对这件事做出解释。

英语情景对话：

A:Hurry up! Time is money!
快点！时间就是金钱。

B:Don't build a fire under me. I know the importance of time.
别催我，我知道时间的重要性。

A:But you are too slow to follow them.
但是你太慢了，跟不上他们。

B:Don't you see I'm trying my best?
你没看见我正在尽力吗？

英语学习笔记：

1.hurry up：赶快，快点

Eg.Hurry up, or we'll be too late to get anything to eat.
快走吧, 再晚了就吃不上饭了。

Eg.Hurry up or we will miss the train.
快点儿，不然我们就赶不上火车了。

Eg.Let' s hurry up so that we may finish the work in time.
咱们快一点，好及时完成任务。

Eg.We'll have to hurry up if we want to finish it today.
想今天完活，我们就得抓紧点儿了。

2.too... to...：太......而不能......

Eg.He is too young to bear the misery.
他年纪太小了不能承受这样的痛苦。

Eg.Mary is too stupid to get through the final exam.
Mary智力太差了，不能通过期末考试。

Eg.The manage is too busy to have a talk to you about your salary.
经理太忙了，没法和你谈你的薪水问题。

3.try one's best：尽力，努力

Eg.I try my best, but the coach finds fault with everything I do.
我已经尽力了，但是教练仍然百般对我做的每一件事挑剔。

Eg.I'll try my best to procure you that original French novel.
我将尽全力给你搞到那本原版法国小说。

Eg.We have been trying our best to come up with a solution.
我一直在竭力相处一个解决办法。