第471期:玩手段欺骗
Subject：Don’t try to do a number on me. 情景对话： A: I have finished my homework already. May I dosome surfing? 我已经写完我的作业了。我可以上网吗？ B: How did you finish it in such a short time? Don’ttry to do a number on me. 你怎么可能在这么短的时间写完呢？不要玩手段欺骗我。 地道表达： do a number on sb. 1. 解词释义 Do a number on sb.是什么意思呢？我们通过下面这个例句来推敲它的意思。The man who came to fixmy roof certainly did a number on me. He said he’d do the work for fifteen hundred dollars butwhen he finished, he charged me more than three thousand! 这句话的意思是：来为他修屋顶的人起先开价1500美元，但是完工后要他付三千美元，比原来多了一倍，可见这人是纯心欺骗他的。在这个例子里did a number on me就是“玩弄手段欺骗人”的意思。其英文解释为：to damage or harm someone orsomething。如果我们想警告那些玩弄手段欺骗我们，就可以这样说：“Don’t do a number on me.” 2. 典型范例 e.g. Why did she do a number on John? 她为什么蓄意侮辱约翰呢? e.g. The teacher did a number on the whole class by giving them a pop quiz. 老师通过随让小测试把全班同学给愚弄了。 e.g. I'm not surprised Caroline doesn't like him. He really did a number on her at work. 我并不觉得奇怪Caroline不喜欢他。他确实在工作上玩弄手段来愚弄她。 e.g. Tom did a number on Mary when he went out with Ann. 汤姆欺骗了玛丽，他和安约会去了。 Ps 1：do some surfing的意思是“上网冲浪”。例如： Do you mind doing some surfing to find some information for me?