迷你对话学地道口语第510期:闭嘴

　　Subject: Put a lid on it.
迷你对话
A: Hi! Do you know the professor’s perspective is wrong.
你好！你知道教授的观点是什么吗？
B: Put a lid on it.
闭嘴。
地道表达
put a lid on something
1. 解词释义
Put a lid on something的意思是（对谈论的话题）闭嘴，不要说了，安静下来。其英文解释如下：something that you say in order to tell someone to stop talking.
2. 拓展例句
e.g. If he does, you can give me a call and I'll come over and tell him to put a lid on it.
那个人要是再来找麻烦，你就打电话给我，我来让他闭嘴！
e.g. Would you please put a lid on all that chatter¹, I'm trying to work.
可不可以请你不要讲话了，我在工作。
3. 视野拓展
Put a lid on something还有一个意思是“限制，禁止”或“遮掩，隐瞒（真相，实情）”。例如：
e.g.The new law will put a lid on government spending.
新法律将限制政府开支。
e.g. Government makes a move to put a lid on gambling².
政府已经采取行动取缔赌博。
e.g. We must make this movement thorough and deep-going and carry this struggle through to the end. On no account should we try to put a lid on it.
我们一定要把这场斗争搞深搞透，进行到底，决不能捂盖子。
e.g. They tell us to put a lid on the report until the campaign is over.
他们告诉我们竞选结束之前，先隐瞒那份报告。

1 chatter   

vi.／n.喋喋不休；短促尖叫；(牙齿)打战

参考例句：

• Her continuous chatter vexes me.她的喋喋不休使我烦透了。
• I've had enough of their continual chatter.我已厌烦了他们喋喋不休的闲谈。

2 gambling   

n.赌博；投机

参考例句：

• They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
• The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。