點滴英語天天學第239期:雅思詞彙(76)
1. 詞彙：get a kick from (someone or something)
釋義：To get a sense of enjoyment, amusement, or excitement from something. （從……中得到樂趣）
例句：Even as an adult, I still get a kick from building sandcastles at the beach.
即使是成年人，我仍然從在海灘上堆沙堡中獲得樂趣。
She really gets a kick from doing wheelies on her motorcycle in front of an audience.
她真的從在觀衆面前表演摩托車後輪平衡特技中得到快樂。
She got a real kick from seeing her photo in the newspaper.
她在報紙上看到自己的照片，感到很高興。
2. 詞彙：get a kick out of (someone or something)
釋義：To get a sense of enjoyment, amusement, or excitement from something. （從……中得到樂趣）
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，我有些想法要告訴你。和你在一起真使我感到非常愉快。要是你對我也有同樣的感覺的話，那我們得認真對待我們的關係，考慮我們是否應該訂婚了。
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.
我已經不是個孩子了。但是，每次去看馬戲總是使我感到非常高興和激動，那些大象、小丑和雜技、使我感到我好像又成了一個孩子似的。
He gets a kick out of bossing people around.
他用支使人跑來跑去的辦法取樂。
3. 詞彙：kick around
釋義1：To informally discuss something, typically a plan or idea. （非正式地討論，非正式地考慮）
例句：We've been kicking around the possibility of moving to Portland, but it's still just an idea.
我們一直在考慮搬到波特蘭的可能性，但這只是一個想法。
I want to call a meeting where we can all kick around ideas without any limitations, and see what we can come up with.
我想召集一個會議，在那裏我們可以毫無限制地討論各種想法，看看我們能想出什麼來。
Fred and Bob kicked around some plots for a new movie.
弗雷德和鮑勃討論了一部新電影的情節。
Let's meet before next week's meeting, Jane. I want to kick around some ideas with you.
咱們下週開會前先見一面，簡，我有些想法想和你交流一下。
釋義2：To treat someone or something badly. （粗暴地對待，惡劣地對待）
例句：I finally quit my job. My boss wouldn't stop kicking me around.
我終於辭職了，我的老闆對我很粗暴。
Stop kicking my car around. It does everything I need a car to do.
別亂動我的車，它可以做我需要一輛車做的所有事情。
He always kicked his sons around and they left home for good.
他從不善待兒子們，以至於他們離開家再也不回來了。
