<p class="ql-block"><b>■ 广 益</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b> 动词get（续十二）</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>get on动词+介词</b></p> <p class="ql-block">别哭</p> <p class="ql-block">You can’t keep crying like this, you’ll have to get a grip on yourself before you can face the class.（你不能老这样哭，上课堂前你必须克制自己。）get a grip/hold on oneself表示自我克制。</p> <p class="ql-block">理财</p> <p class="ql-block">A good money-maker knows where he can get his hands on a money-spinner.（精明的理财者知道在哪里去弄到赚大钱的买卖。）money-spinner 意思是赚大钱的东西，俗话说的摇钱树之类。get one’s hands on表示得到什么东西，也可表示攻击某人，特别是抓住某人。如</p> <p class="ql-block">抓人贩子</p> <p class="ql-block">Every policeman wants to get his hands on the kidnapper who killed the baby cruelly.（每个警察都希望亲手抓住残忍杀害婴儿的绑匪。）</p> <p class="ql-block">毒贩子</p> <p class="ql-block">The police were helpless until at last they got a line on the drug dealer’s movements.（在得到毒贩行踪的线报前警方一筹莫展。）get a line on表示得到关于某人或某事的情报，即线人的报告。</p><p class="ql-block">Continuous wet weather gets on my nerves.（连绵阴雨使我很不开心。）get on someone’s nerves表示使某人不快。</p> <p class="ql-block">踩点上班</p> <p class="ql-block">Get on your horse or you’ll be late for work！（快点走，不然上班要迟到了！）get on your horse是催促别人赶快行动的用语。</p> <p class="ql-block">坏老板</p> <p class="ql-block">Our boss is sure a tough customer, so be careful not to get on the wrong side of him.（老板真正是个难伺候的主，不要招惹他。）tough customer 表示难对付的人，get on the wrong side of someone表示招惹某人，使某人不愉快，与某人为敌等等意思。而get on the right side of someone则表示使某人愉快。</p><p class="ql-block"><b>get onto动词+介词</b></p><p class="ql-block">How did we get onto this subject? It has no connection with what we were talking about.（我们怎么扯到这个话题，它与我们讨论的事无关。）这里get onto表示开始讨论某事，开始做某事，或者使某人开始做某事。如</p> <p class="ql-block">小小园丁</p> <p class="ql-block">I’ll get the boys onto the garden this weekend.（周末我要让男孩们收拾园子。）</p><p class="ql-block">His sister is a good mixer; her influence gets him onto the Board of Directors.（他的姐姐交际很广，靠她的关系他进了董事局。）这里get onto表示当选或任命进入某一团体，或使某人进入某一团体。</p> <p class="ql-block">师徒相传</p> <p class="ql-block">笨手笨脚</p> <p class="ql-block">The apprentice looks a butterfingers, but he has got onto a good idea for improving production.（学徒工看起来笨手笨脚，但他想到了一个提高生产的好主意。）这里get onto表示想出了什么或知道了什么。butterfingers意思是手上拿不住东西的人，俗话说的弹簧手。单，复数形式相同。</p><p class="ql-block">The children didn’t quite get onto what the teacher is saying.（孩子们不能完全理解老师说的东西。）这里get onto表示能理解什么。</p> <p class="ql-block">空难</p> <p class="ql-block"><b>get out动词+副词</b></p><p class="ql-block">How did the details of the air crash get out before it was officially made known? （空难的详情在正式公布前怎么泄露出去的？）这里get out表示无意地公开了秘密或走漏了消息。</p> <p class="ql-block">林肯演讲</p> <p class="ql-block">When Lincoln first got on his feet, he was so nervous that he could hardly get out more than one sentence.（林肯第一次对公众演讲时非常紧张，讲了一句就讲不下去了。）这里get out表示非常吃力地讲话。美国第十六任总统林肯（Abraham Lincoln 1809－1865）年轻时并不善于演讲，经过多年政治生活锻炼成为一个雄辩的演说家。1863年11月美国南北战争的葛底斯堡战役结束后，他作的葛底斯堡演讲（The Gettysburg Address）是美国文学中最富有诗意的文章之一。虽然这是一篇庆祝军事胜利的演说，但它没有好战之气。相反，这是一篇感人肺腑的颂辞，赞美那些作出最后牺牲的人们，以及他们为之献身的那些理想。其结语“民有、民治、民享的政府长存”（ the government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth.）被人们广为传颂。</p>