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在学习这个习语之前,我们先来了解一下arms是什么意思?
arms主要有以下三种用法
1. 武器 They captured large quantities of arms and ammunition. 他们缴获了大量武器弹药。
2. 战争;战斗,斗争;兵役 All of the colonies were up in arms against him. 所有的殖民地均奋起与他作斗争。
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纹章;徽章 The arms of a city or noble family are its coat of arms. 城市或显赫家族的标志是盾形纹徽。
下面我们来学习Up in arms非常恼火的具体用法
Up in arms?这儿的arms不是指手臂了,而是指武器,如枪、炮、箭等。Up in arms的意思是起来进行武装斗争,或者非常愤怒,准备打架。我们来举个例子:
例句-1: "All us students are up in arms at the news the school is raising our tuition ten percent."
这句话的意思是:"当我们学生听到学校要提高百分之十的学费时,我们都火冒三丈。"
下面我们要举的例子是一个国会议员在和一个同事谈论新的税收提案:
例句-2: "No way am I going to vote for a bill to raise income tax again. The voters back home are already up in arms about how much the government takes out of their pay already and I have to run for re-election this fall."
这位议员说:"我绝不会投票支持再次增加所得税的提案。我们州的选民对政府现在从他们工资里扣除的税的数量已经非常恼火了。而我今年还要竞选连任。" 【已有很多网友发表了看法,点击参与讨论】【对英语不懂,点击提问】【英语论坛】【返回首页】
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