<p class="ql-block"><b>■ 广 益</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b> 动词get（续二）</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>get at动词+介词</b></p> <p class="ql-block">收买证人</p> <p class="ql-block">One of the witnesses had been got at.（一个证人已被收买。）这里get at/to someone表示施加不正当影响要求某人干什么事，有勾兑，收买的意思。</p> <p class="ql-block">挑剔的女主人</p> <p class="ql-block">The hostess is always getting at the servants for one thing or another.（女主人经常找茬斥责佣人。）这里get at/onto someone表示斥责某人，挑某人的毛病。也表示不断要求某人干什么事，如</p><p class="ql-block">Stop getting at me to clean my shoes, I’ll do them tonight.（不要盯着要我擦鞋，我晚上擦。）</p> <p class="ql-block">撬门溜锁</p> <p class="ql-block">The thieves tried to get at the lock, but it was too strongly made.（小偷们试图弄开锁，但这锁太结实了。）这里get at something表示对事物使坏，对某事物动手脚。</p> <p class="ql-block">罪犯逃逸</p> <p class="ql-block">get away动词+副词</p><p class="ql-block">You should have seen the size of the fish that got away! （你一定看到了跑掉的鱼有多大！）这里get away表示逃掉，跑掉。特别是指从犯罪现场跑掉，如</p><p class="ql-block">Two criminals got away.（两个罪犯逃掉了。）</p><p class="ql-block">The mayor can’t get away from the fact that the cost of living is always rising.（市长不能回避生活费用不断上涨的事实。）这里get away from something表示不去注意某事，回避某事。</p> <p class="ql-block">大农村里的小房子</p> <p class="ql-block">We bought a little house in the country to get away from it all.（我们在乡下买了一座小房子图个清净。）get away from it all表示逃避城市的拥挤喧闹，和现代生活中的种种烦恼。</p> <p class="ql-block">河流污染</p> <p class="ql-block">We mustn’t let the officials concerned in the pollution incident of the Songhua river get away with the idea that they won’t be punished for the loss caused by their carelessness.（不能让松花江污染事件的有关官员以为他们粗心大意造成损失可以不受惩罚。）这里get away with something表示产生了可以不受惩罚的想法。这是一种非正式用法。</p> <p class="ql-block">司汤达的名著“红与黑”</p> <p class="ql-block">“红与黑”电影</p> <p class="ql-block">How did Julien get away with fooling Mathilde and Mme de Renal? （于连怎样骗过了玛特尔达和德雷纳夫人？）这里get away with something表示成功做成某事，通常指欺骗行为。在法国作家司汤达（Stendhal 1783-1842）名著“红与黑”（The Red and the Black）中，木匠家庭出身的青年于连一心要出人头地。凭借自己的聪明才智周旋于上流社会，将情场做战场，博得了市长夫人德雷纳和德拉摩尔侯爵小姐玛特尔达的爱情，报复了贵族们对他的蔑视。</p> <p class="ql-block">差点儿脱罪</p> <p class="ql-block">The men went to prison but the two boys got away with a warning.（大人进了监狱，两个男孩只受到警告。）这里get away with something表示受到某种较轻的处罚。</p> <p class="ql-block">考试作弊</p> <p class="ql-block">I don’t know how that student gets away with cheating in the exam? （我不知道那个考试作弊的学生怎么逃过了处罚？）这里get away with something/doing something表示不因某事或做某事而受惩罚。</p> <p class="ql-block">重罪轻罚</p> <p class="ql-block">That teacher is most unfair; some students are punished for the least little thing, while her favorites can get away with murder.（那个老师太不公平；有些学生为点小事就受处罚，而她喜欢的学生犯再大的错误也没事。）get away with murder意思是错误严重而不受惩罚。这里用了murder这个字，并不表示真的犯了谋杀罪，只是表示错误，过失严重。真犯了谋杀罪那还是有事的。</p> <p class="ql-block">民主党翻盘</p> <p class="ql-block"><b>get back动词+副词</b></p><p class="ql-block">Will the Democrats get back at the next election? （下次选举民主党能卷土重来吗？）这里get back表示失去权力后又重新掌权。</p> <p class="ql-block">报复回来</p> <p class="ql-block">We can get back at the boss for his unfulfilled promises by working to rule.（老板说话不算数，我们可以消极怠工来报复他。）这里get back at someone表示报复某人，意思与 get one’s own back on someone相同。work to rule是借口照本本干，决不多干一点。实际上是消极怠工。</p>