动词词组 GET 6

词组讲解

1. get a slap on the wrist **受到轻判

解 习语；词义溯源：手腕遭受［掌击（slap）］；a slap on the wrist表示温和的惩戒；

参照give sb. a slap on the wrist

例 If you defy my order, you'll get a punishment you'll never forget!Do you understand me?

You won't get just a slap on the wrist like you have before. No, it will be severe and you'll wish

you hadn't disobeyed. Got it?

2. get 〔have〕 a swelled¹ head **过度骄傲，自负

解 习语；词义溯源：拥有［过度骄傲、自负（swelled head）］；参照give sb. a swelled

head

例 Don't give him any praise, please. He'll just get a swelled head and I can't stand when he's

like that. So congratulate him, but no more, please.

3. get 〔have〕 a tongue-lashing **受到斥责

解 习语；词义溯源：遭受［斥责（tongue-lashing）］；参照give sb. a tongue-lashing

例 Isat in my office on the second floor listening to the owner of the shop below me getting a

tongue-lashing from an irate² customer who felt he had been ripped off. It went on for about fifteen

minutes.

4. get a word in edgewise 〔edgeways〕 **插话

解 习语；词义溯源：在［别人说话间隙（edgewise，edgeways）］抓住一个词

例 The owner kept trying to talk back to the customer, but his yelling and screaming were

overpowering and the poor owner couldn't get a word in edgewise. I felt sorry for her.

5. get about 〔around〕 ***到处走走，四处走动

解 短语动词；词义溯源：［到处、四处（about，around）］走

例 Oh, sorry I haven't come to see you. With my leg in a cast, I haven't been getting around

much these days. It's rather difficult for me to get around on crutches³, and I can't drive until the

cast is removed.

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