迷你对话学地道口语第671期:强忍住保持缄默

 　　Subject：Bite your tongue.

　　迷你对话

　　A: The boss will criticize¹ me openly in tomorrow’s conference.

　　老板在明天的会议上公开批评我。

　　B: Bite your tongue if the boss say something you do not like during the meeting, or you get fired.

　　如果老板说了你不中听的话，你要保持沉默，否则会被解雇的。

　　地道表达

　　bite one’s tongue

　　1. 解词释义

　　Bit是“咬”的意思，tongue是“舌头”的意思。Bit one’s tongue的字面意思是“咬紧舌头”，引申为“强忍住不说，强迫自己保持沉默”。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. I think you have to bite your tongue when he's on the warpath.

　　我看在他想找事的时候，你最好甭吭声。

　　e.g. The man was too rude that I had to bite my tongue to keep from getting into an argument with him.

　　那人如此粗鲁，我只好不作声，避免同他争辩。

　　Ps ：in conference：在会议上 during the meeting：在会议进行中 get fired：遭到解雇

1 criticize   

vt.批评；批判，指责；评论，评价

参考例句：

• Whenever you criticize him,he always has an excuse.你批评他，他总有说头儿。
• You are free to criticize my work.你可以随意批评我的工作。