迷你对话学地道口语第137期:强人所难 逼人就范

　　迷你对话：
A:It’s really terrible!
B:What are you talking about?
A:Don’t you see many parents areforcing there children’s handsto learn something they think important to their children. But the children are not interested in it at all.
B:You said it. Many parents just don’t understand know how to educate their children.
参考翻译：
A: 真是太糟糕了。
B: 你在说什么呀？
A: 你没看见吗？现在很多家长在强迫孩子们学些他们认为是很重要的东西，但实际上孩子们并不干兴趣。
B: 你说得对，很多家长只是不知道如何教育孩子。
地道表达：
force one’s hands
解词释义：
force作为动词，意为“强迫，逼迫，迫使”的意思，force one’s hand就是“迫使某人勉强或提前做某事”，引申为“强人所难，逼人就范”。
支持范例：
Eg. They forced John’s hands to run the department and teach a full load of courses.
要约翰管理这个系，又要他上满工作量的课程，这是强人所难。
Eg. The dean force Jim’s hands by asking Jim not to go home in the winter vocation¹.
主任要求吉姆寒假不要回家，这真有点强人所难了。
Eg. It is disgraceful that she should own him for a friend, and force his hands to company on me!
她把他当个朋友，而且强迫我和他来往，真是有失体统。
Eg. He was in the control of evil men who forced his hands to do wicked things .
他受了坏人的控制，他们强迫他干坏事。

1 vocation   

n.职业，行业

参考例句：

• She struggled for years to find her true vocation.她多年来苦苦寻找真正适合自己的职业。
• She felt it was her vocation to minister to the sick.她觉得照料病人是她的天职。