英语口语练习小对话 第510期:闭嘴

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　　迷你对话

　　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。