点滴英语天天学第105期:分手了!(词汇详解9)

今天，我们来学习to take someone to the cleaners的意思：To take someone to the cleaners means to to take a lot of someone's money, or to cheat or swindle one for a lot or all of their money. 它是指通过欺骗、欺诈手段或法院裁判获得某人的很多钱或某人的全部家产。

我们通过下面的例句来熟悉它的意思。

例句1：Frank was too trusting. He invested in a very dubious company and they took him to the cleaners. （Frank太轻信于人了。他投资了一家疑点重重的公司，他们把他骗了个精光。）

解析1 ：trusting是形容词，意思是“轻信的”。例如： If you're too trusting, other people will take advantage of you. （如果你太轻信别人，别人就会利用你。）

解析2：invest in的意思是“投资于......”。例如：I'll invest in that company I don't want to miss the boat. （我要在那家公司投资，我不想失去机会。）

例句2：The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners. （那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。）
解析：gang up是个固定短语，意思是“联合起来”，后面用介词on，即：gang up on someone，意思是“联合起来对付某人”。例如：Those guys won't gang up on you again. （那些家伙不会再合伙整你了。）They gang up on me and throw me in the pool every year. （每年，他们都对我群起而攻之，将我抛入游泳池。）

例句3：It was my first time playing poker at the casino, and the more experienced players definitely took me to the cleaners. （这是我第一次在赌场打扑克，更有经验的球员肯定让我输得一干二净。）

解析1 ：play poker：打扑克 at the casino：在赌场

解析2：It was my first time playing poker中playing poker是现在分词。It is one's first time后面接doing something，表示“现在时”，用to do something，表示“将来时”。

我们今天学习to take somebody to cleaners，意思是：通过欺骗、欺诈手段或法院裁判获得某人的很多钱或某人的全部家产。Hope that you can bear it in your mind.这个词汇可是雅思考试必备的词汇哦！