迷你對話
A: Hi! Do you know the professor’s perspective iswrong.
你好!你知道教授的觀點(diǎn)是什么嗎?
B: Put a lid on it.
閉嘴。
地道表達(dá)
put a lid on something
1. 解詞釋義
Put a lid on something的意思是(對談?wù)摰脑掝})閉嘴,不要說了,安靜下來。其英文解釋如下: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.
那個(gè)人要是再來找麻煩,你就打電話給我,我來讓他閉嘴!
e.g. Would you please put a lid on all that chatter, I'm trying to work.
可不可以請你不要講話了,我在工作。
3. 視野拓展
Put a lid on something還有一個(gè)意思是“限制,禁止”或“遮掩,隱瞞(真相,實(shí)情)”。例如:
e.g.The new law will put a lid on government spending.
新法律將限制政府開支。
e.g. Government makes a move to put a lid on gambling.
政府已經(jīng)采取行動(dòng)取締賭博。
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.
我們一定要把這場斗爭搞深搞透,進(jìn)行到底,決不能捂蓋子。
e.g. They tell us to put a lid on the report until the campaign is over.
他們告訴我們競選結(jié)束之前,先隱瞞那份報(bào)告。