动词词组 BRING 3

词组讲解

1. bring 〔call〕 sb. to account *要求作出解释

解 俚语；词义溯源：迫使某人作出［说明、解释、解答（account）］

例 Iwant those bastards¹ brought to account. I want each of them to stand in front of this

committee and tell us why they failed to follow our wishes and what they did with the funds. You

tell them I said I want them at our next meeting and that if they don't come, they'll regret it.

2. bring sb. up to date on sb. or sth. / bring sb. up to date **告知某人…的近况；使现代

化，使不过时

解 习语；词义溯源：给某人带来有关某人或某事的［最近的、最新的（up to date）］

消息

例 Notice All WordPerfect 6. 0 Users: The computer room's library now receives the monthly

WordPerfect Newsletter. The newsletter can bring you up to date on the latest applications for WP

6. 0 and has a lot of information on the WP Board system.

3. bring sth. about / bring about sth. ***使发生，引起

解 短语动词；词义溯源：把某物带到［周围（around）］

例 The threat of sanctions has not brought about any noticeable change in their determination

to go ahead with its nuclear program. Mr. Smith, a politics expert, predicts that even actual

sanctions will not cause them to waver. “They've pretty much succeeded in their self-reliance

campaign,” Mr. Smith explained his prediction. “Besides, they're already so isolated² that sanctions

really couldn't isolate³ them any further. ”

4. bring sth. into question **使被讨论；使被怀疑；使（人们）进一步考虑某事

解 习语；词义溯源：使（人们）对某事产生［怀疑（question）］

例 You've got to find those two documents. Missing documents may bring our accounting⁴

practices into question. Let me know the moment you do, so I can rest my mind.

5. bring sth. to a halt **使停止，使终止

解 习语；词义溯源：使某物处于［停止、静止（halt）］的状态

例 There was a nationwide strike by train and subway engineers brought rail service to a halt.

Tens of thousands of commuters were left stranded⁵ and the government was forced to enact⁶

emergency measures to get the trains moving again. One measure was to train soldiers to engineer

the trains.

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