| 释义 |
pole BrE /pəʊl/
NAmE /poʊl/
●be up the ˈpole (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) 1. be mad, crazy, etc. 发狂；疯狂◆My neighbour’s really up the pole. I can hear him singing and shouting night after night.
我的邻居真是发疯了，我听到他整夜整夜地不是唱歌就是大叫。2. be in trouble or difficulties 遇到困难；陷入困境◆The whole industry is up the pole at the moment. Nobody knows what its future will be.
整个行业目前陷入了困境，没人知道将来会怎样。●not touch sb/sth with a ˈbargepole (BrE) (NAmE not touch sb/sth with a ten-foot ˈpole) (informal) refuse to get involved with sb/sth or in a particular situation 不想跟…有关系；不愿跟…来往◆I don’t know why she’s marrying that man. I wouldn’t touch him with a bargepole.我不明白她为什么要嫁给那个人，我都不想理他。◆I wouldn’t touch the job with a ten-foot pole.我压根儿不想沾这活儿。 NOTE A barge is a large boat with a flat bottom which is sometimes moved using a very long pole. * barge （驳船）是一种大型平底船，可用撑杆推动。 |