迷你对话学地道口语第522期:竭力反对

　　Subject: I am up in arms against this idea.
迷你对话
A: I think “Sons and Lovers” is Lawrence autobiography¹.
我认为劳伦斯的《儿子与情人》是一部自传。
B: I am up in arms against this idea. It is just a novel.
我完全不赞同自己的观点，他只是一部小说。
地道表达
up in arms against
1. 解词释义
Up in arms中的arm的意思是指“武器”，那么整个短语的意思是“进行武装斗争”，引申为“竭力反对，持反对意见”。对话中“I am up in arms against this idea. ”的意思是“我不赞同这个意见。”
2 拓展例句
e.g. All of the colonies were up in arms against him.
所有的殖民地均奋起与他作斗争。
e.g. I was against this from the start.
我是完全反对的呀。
3 视野拓展
近义短语：take up in the arms against
e.g. The unions have threatened to take up arms against the government's proposed wages policy.
工会威胁说要拿起武器反对政府提出的工资政策。
e.g. The peasants took up arms against the dictator.
农民们拿起武器反抗独裁者。

1 autobiography   

n.自传

参考例句：

• He published his autobiography last autumn.他去年秋天出版了自己的自传。
• His life story is recounted in two fascinating volumes of autobiography.这两卷引人入胜的自传小说详述了他的生平。