英语俚语习语小对话第504期: "闭嘴"英语怎么说? (mp3和文本下载)

 第504期:闭嘴

Subject: Put a lid on it.    情景对话： A: Hi! Do you know the professor’s perspective iswrong.  你好！你知道教授的观点是什么吗？    B: Put a lid on it.  闭嘴。
地道表达  put a lid on something 
1. 解词释义  Put a lid on something的意思是（对谈论的话题）闭嘴，不要说了，安静下来。其英文解释如下：something that you say in order to tell someone to stop talking.    2. 拓展例句  e.g. If he does, you can give me a call and I'll come over and tell him to put a lid on it.  那个人要是再来找麻烦，你就打电话给我，我来让他闭嘴！    e.g. Would you please put a lid on all that chatter, I'm trying to work.  可不可以请你不要讲话了，我在工作。
3. 视野拓展  Put a lid on something还有一个意思是“限制，禁止”或“遮掩，隐瞒（真相，实情）”。例如：    e.g.The new law will put a lid on government spending.  新法律将限制政府开支。   e.g. Government makes a move to put a lid on gambling.  政府已经采取行动取缔赌博。   e.g. We must make this movement thorough and deep-going and carry this struggle throughto the end. On no account should we try to put a lid on it.  我们一定要把这场斗争搞深搞透，进行到底，决不能捂盖子。   e.g. They tell us to put a lid on the report until the campaign is over.  他们告诉我们竞选结束之前，先隐瞒那份报告。