动词词组 GET 19

词组讲解

1. get one's nose out of one's business **停止干涉别人的事情，关注自己的事情

解 习语；词义溯源：使自己的［鼻子（nose）］离开某人的［事情（business）］；

keep one's nose out of one's business表示“不干涉别人的事”

例 Take this message to him: “Get your nose out of our business. If I wanted you to know

about this, I would have told you. Don't ask about it again. ”

2. get 〔have〕 one's second wind **恢复正常呼吸；恢复元气

解 习语；词义溯源：进行［（剧烈运动后恢复正常）呼吸；恢复元气（second

wind）］；wind在此表示“呼吸”

例 Billy Joel wrote a song titled Second Wind. It's about persistence¹. He advises people to

keep striving² for their dream even when things in their life make it seem impossible to achieve. He

tells them that “sooner or later, you'll get your second wind. ”

3. get 〔have〕 one's start **获得第一个重要机会，开始起步

解 习语；词义溯源：迈出［第一步（start）］；give sb. a start表示“使某人起步”

例 It's not difficult to get your start in the restaurant business. Nearly every restaurant is in

constant need of employees. I got my start back in 2008 as a waiter, and today I'm the owner of

two eateries.

4. get 〔sink〕 one's teeth into sth. **死死咬住；认真做某事；热衷于某事

解 〈口〉习语；词义溯源：将［牙齿（tooth）］放进某物［里面（into）］

例 Math has never been something most students can get their teeth into. However, teachers

can make it more interesting by using real life, everyday situations.

5. get out from under sb. or sth. ***自下而出；脱离控制；从繁琐的问题中解脱出来

解 短语动词；词义溯源：从某人或某物的下方［出来（get out）］

例 Some countries got out from under their massive³ debts through a policy of free markets

and liberal foreign investment policies. Later they hear voices calling for a return to the ways of

control, cotrol and more control.

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