动词词组 GET 17

词组讲解

1. get 〔have〕 one's feet on the ground **获得稳固地位；重新稳住

解 习语；词义溯源：使立足于［地面（ground）］；参照keep one's feet on the

ground“维持稳固地位”

例 Before you ask him to take on such a big responsibility, don't you think you'd better let

him get his feet on the ground first? He's barely been here a week. Give him some time.

2. get one's feet wet **着手做，初次尝试

解 〈口〉习语；词义溯源：使得脚成为［湿的、潮的（wet）］状态；可以联想一下

脚刚伸入水中被浸湿的情形

例 Soldiers were being sent to the front lines of the war without even a chance to get their

feet wet. Some of the older, more experienced guys tried to teach them the art of survival as

quickly as possible, but for most of them two weeks was the longest they'd survive.

3. get one's fingers burned **（由于多管闲事而）吃苦头，遭殃；（因投机买卖而）亏

本

解 习语；词义溯源：使［手指（fingers）］［烫伤（burned）］；参照burn one's

fingers“因愚蠢行为而吃苦头、倒霉”

例 Federal Bank officials are known to be the most careful investors¹ anywhere. That the

federal bank could get its fingers burned was unthinkable until now. The General Accounting²

Office reports that...

4. get 〔have〕 one's foot in the door **迈出第一步，（为将来）确立有利地位

解 习语；词义溯源：把一只脚放到［门槛上（in the door）］；可以联想一下，挨家挨

户敲门销售的推销员为了不让门被关上，用一只脚卡在门槛上的样子

例 The upcoming telecommunications trade show in Riyadh is seen by many electronics

firms as an excellent opportunity to get their foot in the door of a large cellular³ phone market.

5. get one's hands dirty / dirty one's hands / soil one's hands **弄脏手；被牵连进违法

事件；做出有失体面的事情

解 习语；词义溯源：使得手变成［脏的（dirty）］状态

例 Many university students in South Korea spend time each vacation getting their hands

dirty on rural farms. The goal of the volunteer work is to keep the young people, who mostly grow

up in cities these days in touch with their agricultural heritage. More materially, their assistance

also help alleviate⁴ the labor⁵ shortage rural communities suffer.

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