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hook /hʊk/► SEE ALLby hook or by crookget sb off the hookhook, line and sinkerlet sb off the hookoff the hookring off the hooksling your hook
●by ˌhook or by ˈcrook (of sth difficult 难事) by any method, whether it is honest or not 想方设法；不择手段◆Don’t worry — we’ll have the money ready by 4 o’clock, by hook or by crook.
别担心，我们会想尽一切办法在 4 点钟前把钱准备好。 ORIGIN This may come from the practice in the past of allowing workers to use the tools of their trade ( billhooks for farm workers, crooks for shepherds) to pull down loose wood from their employer’s trees to use as firewood. 旧时，工人可以用本行的工具（农场工人用钩镰 [billhooks]，牧羊人用曲柄杖 [crook]）从雇主的树上砍柴。●get sb off the ˈhook (informal) help sb to avoid punishment, etc. 帮助某人逃避惩罚◆You’re going to need a very clever lawyer to get you off the hook.
你得找一个非常能干的律师替你脱罪。●hook, line and ˈsinkerif you accept sth hook, line and sinker, you accept it completely, either because you have been deceived or because you believe things too easily 完全，毫无保留地（接受或相信某事）◆Are you telling me that you swallowed his absurd lies hook, line and sinker?
你是说你完全相信了他可笑的谎言吗？ NOTE All three words in this expression are items used for catching a fish. 这个表达法中的三个词均指钓鱼的工具。 ●let sb off the ˈhook (informal) allow sb to escape from a difficult situation or punishment 让某人逃脱困境（或处罚）◆We’ll let you off the hook this time, but if you make any more mistakes like that, you’ll lose your job.
这次我们就放过你，但是如果你以后再犯类似错误，你就会丢掉饭碗。◆There won’t be time for me to read my report to the committee, so that’s let me off the hook.
因为没有时间让我向委员会宣读我的报告，所以我逃过一劫。 NOTE This expression refers to a fish escaping after it has been caught. 这个表达法原指鱼被捉到后逃脱。 ●off the ˈhookif you leave or take the telephone off the hook, you take the receiver (= the part that you pick up) off the place where it usually rests, so that nobody can call you （为防止电话打进来而使听筒）不挂上◆So many people were calling me that in the end I got tired of it and left the phone off the hook.
那么多人给我打电话，我实在受不了了，干脆把听筒拿了下来。●ˌring off the ˈhook (NAmE) (of a telephone 电话) ring many times 铃声不断；响了很多次◆The phone has been ringing off the hook with offers of help.表示愿意提供帮助的电话接连不断。●sling your ˈhook (BrE, informal) (often used in orders 常用于命令) go away 走开；滚蛋◆That boy’s a real nuisance. I tried telling him to sling his hook but he simply ignored me.那男孩真讨厌，我让他走开，可他就是不理会我。 |