Dead Poets Society 死亡诗社（六）2

妙词佳句，活学活用

1. We're all fried.

这是一句接近于俚语的表达，意思是“我们死定了！”

2. blow over

（风雨）平息、衰退或轻拂，例如：
The storm blew over quickly.
风暴迅速减退。
The scandal will soon blow over.
丑闻将很快销声匿迹。

3. rat

作为名词，它的意思我们都很熟悉，但在这里它的词义有所改变：
A despicable, sneaky person, especially one who betrays or informs upon associates.
鼠辈，卑鄙小人；令人生厌，狡猾的人物，特别是出卖或告发同伴的人。
Rat还可以做动词用，意思是“背叛、背信”，经常与on连用。如：
They have ratted on us.
他们背叛了我们。

4. put up to

If you put someone up to something wrong or foolish or something which they would not normally do, you suggest that they do it and you encourage them to do it. 鼓动；唆使……做……
e.g. Who put you up to this trick?
是谁唆使你玩这种把戏的？
How do you know he asked me out? You put him up to it!
你怎么知道他约我出去？是你鼓动他这么做的吧。

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