迷你對話學地道口語第356期:採取強制手段
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A: My son closed his ear to what I said. I don’t know what I should do.
我兒子聽不進去我說的話，我不知道該怎麼辦。
B: You can twist his arm in order to have a control of him.
你改對他採取強制措施來管教他。
A: I cannot have the heart to do that.
我不忍心那樣做。
第一、 地道表達
【地道短語】twist one’s arm
【解詞釋義】twist的意思是“擰，用力扭轉”的意思，一個人要是被別人把胳膊擰到背後去，那是很難受的。該習語引申爲“給某人施加壓力，迫使你做他要你做的事情。
【支持範例】I didn't want see that movie about Mozart, but my roommate twisted my arm. I'm glad he did -- it was a great show.
我本來不想去看那個有關莫扎特的電影的。可是，我同房間的同學硬逼着要我去。不過，看了電影后我倒很高興，因爲那個電影太好了。
My son has been twisting my arm to let him take my car out on a date ever since he got his driver's license. This weekend, I finally let him take it. And now it's in the body shop for a thousand dollars of repairs: he had an accident on the way to pick up his girlfriend.
自從我兒子拿到駕駛執照以來，他一直鬧着要開我的車去赴約會。這個週末，我終於答應了。可是，他在去接女朋友的路上出了車禍，現在我的車正在車庫裏修，要花一千美元呢。
第二、句海拾貝
Sb does not have the heart to do something.
某人不忍心做某事。
範例：I did not have the heart to refuse the child's request.
我不忍心拒絕孩子的要求。
She didn't have the heart to break the bad news to her daughter.
她不忍心把這個壞消息告訴她的女兒。
第三、詞海拾貝
in order to：爲了
例句：He must work very hard in order to support his large family.
他必須拼命工作以養活他的大家庭。
He did not come here in order to attend the meeting.
他來這裏決不是要參加會議的。
