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twist /twɪst/► SEE ALLtwist sb’s armtwist in the wind(drive sb/be/go) round the bend/twistget/have your knickers in a twistturn/twist the knife (in the wound)twist/wind/wrap sb around/round your little finger
●ˌtwist sb’s ˈarm (informal, often humorous) force or persuade sb to do sth, but not by using physical force 迫使（或劝说）某人做某事◆‘Do you think Jane will lend us her car?’ ‘I think we could probably twist her arm.’
“你觉得简会把她的车借给咱们吗？”“我想我们会说服她的。”●ˈtwist in the wind (especially NAmE) be in a bad, difficult or uncertain situation, particularly one in which you receive the blame for sth 处于困难（或悬而未决）的境地；（尤指）陷入被责备的境地◆When the scandal broke, his business partners left him to twist in the wind.
丑闻曝光后，他的生意伙伴弃他不顾，使他处在风口浪尖上。◆The government left people twisting in the wind (= not sure what would happen to them).
政府让民众陷入悬而未决的境地。●(drive sb/be/go) round the ˈbend/ˈtwist (informal, especially BrE) (make sb/be/become) crazy （使）发疯；惹恼◆I’m going round the twist trying to repair this machine. Nothing I do seems to work.修这台机器搞得我很恼火，我怎么修似乎都不管用。◆He practises the same tune all day; it drives me round the bend (= annoys me very much).他整天练习同一个曲子，我都快被逼疯了。●get/have your ˈknickers in a twist (BrE) (NAmE get/have your ˈpanties in a knot) (informal) react too strongly to a difficult situation by getting angry, upset, confused, etc. （面对困境）恼火，烦闷，慌乱◆The boss is getting his knickers in a twist about these sales figures.老板看到这些销售数字大为恼火。◆Don’t get your panties in a knot about it! It’s no big deal.发那么大火，这又没什么大不了的！●turn/twist the ˈknife (in the wound)deliberately remind sb of sth they are already upset about, and so upset them even more 揭人疮疤；往伤口上撒盐◆After the divorce, her friend turned the knife in the wound by saying she had always thought that the marriage wouldn’t last.离婚之后，她的朋友又雪上加霜，说她一直觉得这桩婚事不会长久。◆All right. I know I was stupid. You don’t have to twist the knife.好啦，我知道我很蠢，你就不必揭我的疮疤了。●twist/wind/wrap sb around/round your little ˈfinger (informal) be able to persuade or influence sb very easily, usually because they like you （通常因对方喜欢自己而）任意摆布某人，随便左右某人；将…操纵于股掌之间◆I can twist my parents round my little finger.我总能让父母听我的。 |