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词组讲解
1. get 〔have, set, start〕 the ball rolling **启动，开个头；开张营业
解 〈口〉习语；词义溯源：使得球成为［滚动的、旋转的（rolling）］状态；keep the
ball rolling表示“继续进行”
例 This summer has been designated as Clean Our City Summer by the city council.
Residents are encouraged to “pick up litter, clean up vacant lots and plant flowers everywhere. ”
To get the ball rolling, the Mayor will lead a clean-up crew made up of volunteers down Main
Street on Saturday morning. Anyone who wishes to participate can...
2. get 〔have〕 the better of sb. / get the best of sb. **（竞争或交易过程中）战胜或压
倒某人
解 习语；词义溯源：相比于某人，得到［更好的（the better）或最好的（the best）］
例 Tyson got the better of Sanchez for the first three rounds of the fight. But in the fourth
round Sanchez showed his greater boxing experience and knocked Tyson out with a powerful left
hook.
解 习语；词义溯源：得到［忧伤的情绪（the blues）］
例 I'm afraid I'm going to get the blues after we all graduate from high school. Everybody's
going to go in different directions—jobs or university. I'm really going to miss you all.
4. get the boot *被赶出去，被解雇
解 俚语；词义溯源：遭受［解雇（the boot）］
例 He swore that he'd never use drugs again when he joined the basketball team, but later he
got the boot at the team for using stimulants2. The officials have made it clear that this time his
expulsion is permanent.
5. get the cold shoulder **被无视；被拒绝；受冷落
解 〈口〉习语；词义溯源：遭受［冷落、漠视（the cold shoulder）］；参照give sb.
the cold shoulder
例 Though the government issued him a diplomatic visa to visit the country, he was far from
welcomed. Except for the warm reception he got from an extreme rightist group upon his arrival,
he got the cold shoulder from government officials at all levels.
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