重点讲解:
1. get caught up in
牵扯进;卷入;
eg. Many African women, for reasons of poverty, get caught up in the drug trade.
许多非洲妇女为贫穷所迫堕入贩毒行业 。
eg. It's easy to get caught up in the social whirl.
很容易被纷繁的社交活动缠得脱不开身 。
2. be responsible for
负有责任的;应承担责任的;
eg. The holder of the office of chairman is responsible for arranging meetings.
担任主席的人有责任安排会议 。
eg. He made an assertion that he was not responsible for it.
他硬说他对此事没有责任 。
3. be up to sb.
由…负责;
eg. I'm sure I'd have spotted him if it had been up to me.
我相信要是换成我,我一定能找到他 。
eg. It's up to him to resolve this problem.
这个问题应由他来解决 。
4. point out
指出;
eg. Can you point out the man you suspect?
你能把你怀疑的人指出来吗?
eg. They'd already driven along the wharf so that she could point out her father's boat.
他们已经开车沿码头走了一遍,好让她指出哪艘是她父亲的船 。
5. put one's foot down
拿定主意阻止;执意反对;
eg. We have to put our foot down on that.
我们必须阻止那件事 。
eg. My husband wanted to buy a puppy, but I would have to look after it so I put my foot down and said No.
我丈夫想买一条小狗,但我得照料它,因此我坚持不同意 。
adv. 绝对地,完全地;独立地