点滴英语天天学第267期:雅思词汇(107)

1. sling one’s hook

释义：To go away; to vacate some place. （腾出个地方，离开）

例句：He told them to sling their hook after he found out they'd been drinking on the job.

他发现他们工作时一直在喝酒，就叫他们辞职不要干了。

One woman shouted to reporters, “Sling your hook if you know what's good for you.”

一名妇女对记者喊道：“如果你知道什么对你有好处，就离开！”

If Ruddock doesn't want to be part of this team then he should sling his hook.

如果鲁多克不想成为这支球队的一员，那么他应该离开。

I now reAlise that Sylvia hasn't heard from him since she told him to sling his hook.

我现在才意识到自从Sylvia叫他离开时起，她再也没有听到他的消息。

2. get the air

释义：To be summarily dismissed or ousted as by an employer.（被雇主立刻解雇）

例句：The new accountant got the air after a miscalculation cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars.

新会计被立刻解雇了，因为她的一次误算让公司损失了几十万美元。

Ever since I proved he'd made a mistake in the accounts, he's been finding fault with me, trying to make me get the air.

自我证实他帐目出了错以来，他一直在找我的茬，企图使我被解雇。

In his own restaurants, the employee will get the air if he is rude to a customer.

在他自己的餐馆，如果有任何雇员对客人粗暴无礼，就会被立刻解雇。

3. give somebody the air

释义：To spurn, jilt, or reject one, especially a lover or romantic interest. （抛弃，拒绝……）

例句：Jonathan has had a broken heart ever since Sarah gave him the air.

自从莎拉把乔纳森甩了以后，他一直伤心欲绝。

What will happen to the children if Peter gives Alice the air ?

如果Peter抛弃Alice，他们的孩子们将怎么办?

——You look blue today. You are given the air again? ——Noncence!

——你今天看起来起色不佳啊，又被甩了吗？——胡说！