| 释义 |
heat /hiːt/► SEE ALLif you can’t stand the heat (get out of the kitchen)in the heat of the momenttake the heat out of sthturn on the heat
●if you can’t stand the ˈheat (get out of the ˈkitchen) (informal) used to tell sb to stop trying to do sth if they find it too difficult, especially in order to suggest that they are less able than other people 受不了热（就别呆在厨房）；如果感到太困难（就别干了）◆‘It seems a bit risky to me. Are you sure we should do this?’ ‘Well, if you can’t stand the heat…’
“对我来说，似乎有点太冒险了，你确定我们应该做这件事吗？”“嗯，你要是没这个胆量的话…”●in the ˌheat of the ˈmomentwhile in a state of strong emotion or excitement 一时激动之下；一时兴起◆I must apologize for the rude things I said yesterday in the heat of the moment.
我必须为我昨天冲动之下说了粗话道歉。●take the ˈheat out of sthmake a situation less tense, emotional, dangerous, etc. 缓和局势◆The police tried to take the heat out of the situation by withdrawing for a while.
警察暂时撤退，试图缓和一下局势。 OPP add fuel to the fire/flames ●turn on the ˈheat (informal) put increased pressure on sb in order to make them do sth 向某人施压；威逼◆If he doesn’t pay us we’ll have to turn on the heat.
如果他不付钱的话，我们只好向他施压。 |