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gun /gʌn/► SEE ALLhave a gun to your headhold/put a gun to sb’s headunder the gunjump the guna/the smoking guna/the son of a gun
●have a ˈgun to your head (informal) be forced to do sth that you do not want to do 被枪顶着脑袋；被迫做某事；受胁迫◆‘Why did he go back to his wife?’ ‘Because he had a gun to his head. She said she would never let him see the children again.’
“他为什么又回到妻子身边去了？”“他是被逼的，她说不然的话会让他再也见不到孩子。”●hold/put a ˈgun to sb’s headforce sb to do sth that they do not want to do by making threats 用枪顶住某人的脑袋；威胁某人；胁迫某人就范◆He had to sack a hundred workers last week. He didn’t want to, but the bank was holding a gun to his head.
上周他不得不解雇了一百名工人。虽然他不情愿，但银行逼得紧。●under the ˈgun (NAmE, informal) experiencing a lot of pressure 承受巨大压力◆The deadline is in two days — we’re really under the gun.
过两天就是截止日期，我们真的压力很大。◆I’m under the gun to come up with new clients or else.
要么找到新客户要么就走人，我面临着巨大的压力。●jump the ˈgun (informal) do sth before the right time 抢跑；过早行动；提前行动◆They jumped the gun by building the garage before they got permission from the town council.还没得到镇委会的批准，他们就抢先盖好了车库。 NOTE This idiom refers to an athlete in a race who starts running before the starter has fired the gun. 这个习语原指比赛中运动员在发令枪响前抢跑。 ●a/the ˌsmoking ˈgunsomething that seems to prove that sb has done sth wrong or illegal 犯错（或犯罪）证据◆This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for.这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。●a/the ˌson of a ˈgun (NAmE, informal, spoken) a person or thing that you are annoyed with （表示厌恶）捣蛋鬼，恶棍，破烂货◆My car’s at the shop — the son of a gun broke down again.我的车在修理厂 － 这破车又坏了。 |