单词 | kick about/around |
释义 | kick about/around 1.treat badly by kicking or hitting 粗暴对待 *You can't kick him around like that.你不能这样粗暴地对待他。 *The mother was taken to court for kicking the child about.这位母亲因虐待孩子而被送上法庭。 *Mr.Jones is always kicking his dog around.琼斯先生总是虐待他的狗。 2.talk easily and carelessly back and forth about;discuss 扯来扯去地讨论;漫谈 *At first our committee didn't want to accept my plan,but later they decided to kick it around for a while.起初委员会不同意接受我的计划,但后来他们决定议一议。 *Bod and I kicked around the idea of going swimming,but it was hot and we were too lazy.鲍勃和我说来说去想去游泳,可是天气太热,我们也懒得动。 *We'll begin the meeting by kicking around a few possibilities on how we might raise the money,then we'll make some decisions.我们一开始得先讨论一下如何募捐的几种可能,然后再做一些决定。 *The committee kicked your suggestion around for over an hour.委员会对于你的建议讨论了一个多小时。 3.lie around or in a place;be treated carelessly;be neglected 闲置;忽视;冷落 *This old overcoat has been kicking around the closet for years.这件旧大衣放在壁橱中已多年不穿 *The manuscripts have kicked around on the desk for days.那些文稿堆在写字台上已有好多天无人处理。 4.move about often; go from one job or place to another经常到处跑;常换职业 *Jack has kicked around all over the world as a visiting professor.杰克以访问教授的身份走遍了全世界。 *He's been kicking around for several months.他几个月来一直到处跑。 5.be present; alive; be in existence到场;活着;存在 *It never occurred to me he was still kicking around; for years I thought he was dead.我从没想到他居然还活着,多年来我一直以为他已经死了。 *The idea of flight had been kicking around for centuries before man actually achieved it.关于飞行的想法持续了几个世纪以后人类才真正予以实现。 |
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