迷你对话学地道口语第603期:遭受严峻考验或折磨

Subject：You are really put through the wringer at your job interview.

迷你对话

A: You are really put through the wringer at your job interview.

你的求职面试真让你折腾了一番。

B: Yeah, I had to fill out papers, meet dozens of people, and do a presentation.

是啊，我得填写各种表格，与很多人做见面并向大家做自我介绍。

地道表达

put somebody through the wringer

1. 解词释义

此语的英文解释为：to give someone a difficult time; to interrogate someone thoroughly。此语之中的wringer是搅拧机的意思。Put through是“遭受，遇到”的意思。Put through the wringer的字面意思是“经受搅拧机的折磨”，引申为“遭受严峻的考验或折磨”。表示给某事折腾，遭受某事的严峻考验，在此语的后面用介词at，即为：put sb. through the wringer at something。

2. 拓展例句

The lawyer really put the witness through the wringer!

律师真是折磨证人。

The teacher put the students through the wringer.

老师把学生折腾了一番。

Ps：fill in的意思是“填写”，dozens of的意思是“很多”，do a presentation的意思是“做自我介绍，做自我展示”。