詞組講解
1. read between the lines ** 體會言外之意
解 習(xí)語;詞義溯源:讀出[字里行間(between the lines)]的意思
例 Reading between the lines, I understood what he was trying to tell me.
2. read one's mind ** 讀懂某人的心,知道某人的想法
解 習(xí)語;詞義溯源:讀某人的[想法(mind)]
例 Though Alan didn't say why he was upset, I read his mind and knew he had been in an argument with his best friend, Daniel.
3. read one's rights ** (對被拘捕的人)進行必要的法律說明告知其擁有的權(quán)利
解 習(xí)語;詞義溯源:給某人讀他的[權(quán)利(rights)]
例 Smith's lawyers claim the police failed to read his rights at the time of his arrest.
4. read sb. like a book ** 完全掌握某人的性格,把某人的心思看得一清二楚
解 習(xí)語;詞義溯源:[充分地、完全地、準確地(like a book)]讀懂某人
例 They tried hard to hide their true intentions, but I read them like a book.
5. read sb. out of sth. *** 被(政黨或組織)開除,除名
解 短語動詞;詞義溯源:讀某人(的名字)使其[離開(out)]
例 Members who fail to pay their dues on time may be read out of the club.
6. read sb. the riot act ** (向鬧事群眾)宣讀“取締鬧事法”(勒令散去);(尤指向孩子們)提出嚴正警告;嚴厲譴責
解 習(xí)語;詞義溯源:向某人宣讀[騷動取締法令(the Riot Act)]
例 As soon as I got home, my mother started reading me the riot act.
7. read sth. into sth. *** 給某事添加新含義(多指曲解);憑推斷加進(某種意思)
解 短語動詞;詞義溯源:在某事中讀出(新的)含義
例 I think you're reading something into his comment that just isn't true.
8. read sth. over / read over sth. *** 仔細閱讀
解 短語動詞;詞義溯源:[完整地、從頭到尾地(over)]讀
例 Foster read the report over, wrote a few notes on it and passed it to me.
9. read sth. through / read through sth. *** 從頭到尾讀一遍
解 短語動詞;詞義溯源:[完整地、從頭到尾地(through)]讀
例 I'll read through your proposal while I'm on the flight to Dallas.
10. read up on sb. or sth. / read up *** 研究;攻讀;仔細研讀
解 短語動詞;詞義溯源:讀[關(guān)于(on)]某人或某事的信息
例 I've been reading up on China to help prepare me for our meeting in Beijing.
參考譯文
1. 我讀出了言外之意,明白了他想告訴我什么。
2. 盡管艾倫沒說他為什么不高興,但是我看透了他的心思,知道他跟他最好的朋友丹尼爾吵了一架。
3. 史密斯的律師聲稱,警方在逮捕史密斯時沒有告知其擁有的權(quán)利。
4. 他們努力隱藏真實意圖,但是我把他們的心思看得一清二楚。
5. 未能及時繳納會費的會員可能會被俱樂部開除。
6. 我一到家,媽媽就開始訓(xùn)斥我。
7. 我想你憑推斷在他的評論中加入了一些內(nèi)容,這是不正確的。
8. 福斯特從頭到尾仔細閱讀了一遍報告,在上面作了幾處批注,然后把它交給了我。
9. 我會在去達拉斯的飛機上完整地讀一遍你的提案。
10. 我一直在研究中國,為我們在北京舉行的會晤做準備。