| 释义 |
screws /skruːz/
●put the ˈscrews on (sb) (informal) force sb to do sth, especially by frightening and threatening them 胁迫；威逼◆The electricity company is really putting the screws on. We’ve got a week to pay before our supply is cut off!
电力公司真是逼得太紧了。我们必须在一星期之内交钱，否则就把我们的电给掐了！ NOTE This idiom refers to thumbscrews (see note at a turn of the screw). 这个习语原指 thumbscrews （拇指夹；见 a turn of the screw 习语中的注解）。 |