点滴英语天天学第239期:雅思词汇(76)
1. 词汇：get a kick from (someone or something)
释义：To get a sense of enjoyment, amusement, or excitement from something. （从……中得到乐趣）
例句：Even as an adult, I still get a kick from building sandcastles at the beach.
即使是成年人，我仍然从在海滩上堆沙堡中获得乐趣。
She really gets a kick from doing wheelies on her motorcycle in front of an audience.
她真的从在观众面前表演摩托车后轮平衡特技中得到快乐。
She got a real kick from seeing her photo in the newspaper.
她在报纸上看到自己的照片，感到很高兴。
2. 词汇：get a kick out of (someone or something)
释义：To get a sense of enjoyment, amusement, or excitement from something. （从……中得到乐趣）
例句：Say, Barby, let me tell you something. I really get a kick out of being around you. If you feel the same way about me, maybe we ought to get serious and think about getting engaged to each other.
咳，芭比，我有些想法要告诉你。和你在一起真使我感到非常愉快。要是你对我也有同样的感觉的话，那我们得认真对待我们的关系，考虑我们是否应该订婚了。
I'm not a kid anymore but I still get a big kick out of going to see a circus. The elephants, the clowns, the acrobats--they make me feel like a kid again.
我已经不是个孩子了。但是，每次去看马戏总是使我感到非常高兴和激动，那些大象、小丑和杂技、使我感到我好像又成了一个孩子似的。
He gets a kick out of bossing people around.
他用支使人跑来跑去的办法取乐。
3. 词汇：kick around
释义1：To informally discuss something, typically a plan or idea. （非正式地讨论，非正式地考虑）
例句：We've been kicking around the possibility of moving to Portland, but it's still just an idea.
我们一直在考虑搬到波特兰的可能性，但这只是一个想法。
I want to call a meeting where we can all kick around ideas without any limitations, and see what we can come up with.
我想召集一个会议，在那里我们可以毫无限制地讨论各种想法，看看我们能想出什么来。
Fred and Bob kicked around some plots for a new movie.
弗雷德和鲍勃讨论了一部新电影的情节。
Let's meet before next week's meeting, Jane. I want to kick around some ideas with you.
咱们下周开会前先见一面，简，我有些想法想和你交流一下。
释义2：To treat someone or something badly. （粗暴地对待，恶劣地对待）
例句：I finally quit my job. My boss wouldn't stop kicking me around.
我终于辞职了，我的老板对我很粗暴。
Stop kicking my car around. It does everything I need a car to do.
别乱动我的车，它可以做我需要一辆车做的所有事情。
He always kicked his sons around and they left home for good.
他从不善待儿子们，以至于他们离开家再也不回来了。
