迷你對話學地道口語第153期:爲某人作保

迷你對話：

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A: I heard Tom was caught stealing something again in the supermarket.

我聽說湯姆在超市偷東西的時候又被抓住了。

B: Really? He deserves it! They should teach him a good lesson.

是嗎？他活該！他們應該好好教訓他一頓。

A: But the word is his brother would go bail for him. Last time it’s his father who went bail for him.

據說他哥哥要去爲他做保。上次是他父親爲他的保。

B: Then he is really lucky.

他課真是夠幸運的。

地道表達：go bail for

解詞釋義：bail作爲名詞有“保釋，保釋金”的意思，習語go bail for意爲“做......的保釋人，爲......提供保釋金，提供......數目的保釋金”，作爲這個意思可以等同於stand bail for。

拓展講解：在口語中，go bail for也可以解釋爲“保證......是真實的”。

支持範例：

I shall have to put you in prison until your case can be heard unless you can find anyone to go bail for you.

我得把你送進監獄直到你的案子進行審理，除非你可以找個人保釋你。

I am ready to go bail for the truth of the report.

我願擔保這一報導的真實性。

詞海拾貝：

teach sb a lesson：教訓某人一頓

Eg. His father thought this was a good chance to teach him a lesson about how hard life was for the less fortunate people of the world,

他的父親想了想，覺得這倒是一個教訓兒子的好機會，讓他了解一下世界上那些不幸的人生活得有多艱辛，

Eg. If he did not stop his nonsense, they would teach him a lesson he would never forget.

如果他再不停止胡言亂語，他們就要狠狠地教訓他一番，叫他終身難忘。

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