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tree /triː/► SEE ALLbe out of your treethe apple doesn’t fall/never falls far from the treebe barking up the wrong treeup a gum tree(at) the top of the tree/ladder
●be out of your ˈtree (BrE also be out of your ˈbox) (informal) crazy or strange; behaving in a crazy or stupid way, perhaps because of drugs or alcohol （因吸毒或醉酒等而）疯疯癫癫，傻兮兮◆She must be out of her tree, going swimming in this weather.
她肯定是发疯了，这种天气还去游泳。●the apple doesn’t fall/never falls far from the ˈtree (saying, especially NAmE) a child usually behaves in a similar way to his or her parent(s) 有其父必有其子◆‘You have an adorable daughter.’ ‘Ah, well, you know what they say. The apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree.’“你的女儿很可爱。”“啊，你要知道俗话说得好：有其母必有其女。”●be barking up the wrong ˈtreebe mistaken about sth 把某事搞错了；错怪某人◆The police are barking up the wrong tree if they think I had anything to do with the crime. I wasn’t even in the country when it happened!警方要是认为我同这宗案子有牵连，那就大错特错了，案发时我根本就不在国内！●up a ˈgum tree (BrE, informal) in a very difficult or awkward situation 陷入困境；进退两难◆I’ve got bills to pay and the bank is refusing to lend me any more money. I’m really up a gum tree.我还有账单要付，银行却拒绝再借给我钱，我是真的一筹莫展了。●(at) the top of the ˈtree/ˈladder(at) the highest position in a career （处于）某行业里最高的位置◆Anyone can get to the top of the ladder if they try hard enough.只要足够努力，任何人都可以在自己那一行里做到最高层。 |