点滴英语天天学第99期:分手了!(词汇详解5)

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欢迎大家来到点滴英语天天学的口语教室。我们已经知道Jennifer告诉Kenny关于Jane和Mike分手的事情和原因后，接着又跟Kenny进一步说了什么呢？我们来看一下：

She sure was. She dropped him like a hot potato the next day! I don't they'll ever be able to patch things up, either. With Jane, there are no second chances.

我们先来学习Kenny话语中的drop like a hot potato和patch things up这个2个词汇。今天，我们先来学习：drop someone like a hot potato。

To drop someone like a hot potato means to abandon someone or something suddenly and completely, sometimes to avoid potential problems. 用中文来说就是“抛弃，离弃某人或某物”，所以，我们可说为：drop someone like a hot potato，也可说为：drop something like a hot potato。

我们来看几个例句来熟悉它的意思和用法。

例句1：I haven't seen Cynthia in weeks because she dropped me like a hot potato once she started hanging out with the cool kids.（我好几周都没见过Cynthia了，她一开始和那些很酷的孩子们一起出去玩就把我给甩掉了。）

解析1：in weeks的意思是“在几周内”。例如：Lisa was good for you tonight; you were more relaxed than I've seen you in weeks. （今天晚上同莉萨在一起对你有好处，我几个星期没看见你这么舒心了。）He stood up for the first time in weeks, and we danced together in the pool. （他站起来，这是几周来的第一次，然后我们一起在池中翩翩起舞。）

解析2：hang out是一个固定短语，意思是“闲逛”，和某人“闲逛”，介词with，即：hang out with someone。例如：Why do you just hang out in Bars? Why don't you hang out with me instead? （你为何只去泡酒吧?跟我一起玩儿不好吗?）There was a little boy named Johnny who used to hang out at the local corner market. （有一个叫Johnny的小男孩过去常常在当地的拐角市场那儿闲逛。）

例句2：We dropped our renovation plans like a hot potato after finding out how much the job would cost. （我们知道这项工作要花多少钱后，就放弃了我们的改造计划。）

解析1：find out是固定短语，意思是“发现，觉察出”。例如：How did you come to find out where she's living? （你是怎么打听到她住在哪儿的?）I'll write and find out how you've been conducting yourself. （我会写信打听你是怎样做人的。）

解析2：after finding out how much the job would cost是介词短语。介词后面接动词，要使用动名词形式。
今天，我们学习了drop like a hot potato这个词汇，明天我们来学习patch up这个词语。