| 词组 | drag |
| 释义 | drag [dragged, dragged, dragged] drag away drag sb away informal to make someone stop doing something, when they are so interested in doing it that they do not want to stop: ▪ Donny loves watching the animals at the zoo - we have to drag him away when it's time to leave. nothing can drag sb away from sth ▪ On Sunday afternoons, nothing can drag Jim away from sports programmes on TV. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑tear away drag down 1. drag sb down • drag down sb if something unpleasant or difficult drags someone down, it makes them feel unhappy, weak and tired: ▪ All the stress at work is really dragging her down. ▪ Joe's been ill for weeks now, and it's really dragging him down. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get down 2. drag sth down • drag down sth to make the price, level or quality of something go down: ▪ Declining prices for aluminum have dragged down Alcoa's fourth-quarter earnings. ▪ The threat of job cuts is dragging down employee performance and morale. 3. drag down sb/sth • drag sth/sb down to make someone or something unable to succeed or do what they want to do: ▪ A recession in Germany could drag down the rest of Europe. ▪ Rita says she doesn't want to be dragged down by a husband. 4. drag sb down • drag down sb to make another person start behaving badly, like the other members of a group of people that you disapprove of: ▪ I'm afraid some of the kids at school drag our daughter down with them. drag in/into 1. drag sb/sth into sth • drag sb/sth in • drag in sb/sth to make someone or something get involved in an argument, war, or other situation that they do not want to be involved in: ▪ Western leaders fear that other countries will be dragged into the war. ▪ My parents are getting divorced, and I keep getting dragged into their arguments. 2. drag sb/sth in • drag sb/sth into sth to talk about someone or something when you are having a discussion or argument, even though it is not connected to the discussion or argument: ▪ Don't drag my past into this - it has nothing to do with what we're talking about now. ▪ I don't know why his name is always dragged in whenever we talk about money. drag off drag sb off to take someone away somewhere, using force + to ▪ The protestors were dragged off to the nearest police station. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑haul off drag on drag on if an event or situation drags on, it continues for too long: ▪ An expensive court battle could drag on for years. ▪ Both sides refused to compromise, and the negotiations dragged on. ▪ As the cruel New England winter drags on, residents grow increasingly depressed. drag out 1. drag out sth • drag sth out • drag out to last longer than is usual or necessary, or to make something do this - used about events and situations: ▪ They both wanted a quick divorce - neither of them wanted to drag it out longer than they had to. ▪ If the economic crisis drags out, more companies will be forced to close. ■ SIMILAR TO: prolong formal 2. drag sth out if you drag information out of someone, you make them tell it to you, even though they do not want to + of ▪ Police finally dragged a confession out of him. ▪ Dave didn't want to tell me what happened on Friday - I had to drag it out of him. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑pry out, ↑tease out drag up 1. drag sb/sth up to mention an unpleasant event or story about something that happened in the past, even though it is embarrassing or upsetting for someone: ▪ The newspapers had dragged up some story about an affair he had had with one of his students. ▪ We all know she had a breakdown. There's no need to drag it up again. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑dredge up, ↑dig up 2. be dragged up BrE if a child is dragged up, their parents do not teach them to behave properly: ▪ Teachers used to complain that Skinner's children were dragged up, not brought up. ► compare ↑bring up |
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