drag词组,隐喻,短语

drag

dragdrag[drag](-gg-) ,drag sb/sth/yourself a'way (from sb/sth) 1.■to make sb or yourself stop doing sth when they/you do not really want to勉强…离开﹙或停止… 等﹚ :She was enjoying herself at the party so much, I couldn’t drag her away.她在聚会上玩得兴高采烈，我没法拉她走。I find it difficult to drag myself away from my computer.我觉得难以离开我的电脑。He couldn’t drag his eyes away from her face.他没法把目光从她脸上移开。[synonym]tear sb/sth/yourself away (from sb/sth)[G]v+n/pron+adv,drag sb/sth 'down2.■(to sth) to bring sb down to a lower standard of behaviour, or a lower social or economic level使某人降格；使品德﹙或地位等﹚下降﹙到…﹚:I’m worried the other children will be dragged down to his level }(= because his behaviour is so bad)&b{.我担心其他孩子会跟他学坏了。3.■to make sb feel depressed or weak使沮丧﹙或虚弱﹚:Her parents’ constant criticism began to drag her down.父母时常数落她，她开始灰心丧气。[G]v+n/pron+adv ◆ v+adv+n (less frequent),drag sb/sth 'in; ,drag sb/sth 'into sth 4.■to make sb or sth become involved in a difficult or unpleasant situation when they do not want to be involved把…牵扯到里头；连累…；把…卷进僵局﹙或事件等﹚:When violence breaks out in the streets, innocent people are always dragged in.街头暴力总是殃及无辜。Don’t drag me into your argument! 别把我卷入你们的争论！[synonym]involve sb (in sth) (more formal) 5.■to start talking about a person or a subject that has nothing to do with what is being talked about把不相干的人﹙ 或事﹚ 扯进﹙ 说话中﹚ :Do you have to drag politics into every conversation?你每次谈话都非要把政治扯进去吗？[G]v+n/pron+adv ◆ v+adv+n ◆ v+n/pron+prep,drag sb 'off (to sth/…) 6.■to take sb somewhere by force强行带某人﹙到…﹚:I was dragged off to the head teacher’s office.我被拽到校长室。[G]v+n/pron+adv,drag 'on (disapproving)7.■to progress very slowly and take too long拖得太久；持续太久:The day dragged on interminably.那天没完没了地拖延着。Negotiations between the two sides dragged on through the summer.双方的谈判拖过了夏天。[SUBJ]months,time,meeting,negotiations[G]v+adv,drag sth 'out 8.■to make sth last longer than it should不必要地拖延；使持续过久:She dragged the meeting out for as long as possible.她尽可能地拖延着会议。[synonym]prolong sth (more formal)[G]v+n/pron+adv ◆ v+adv+n,drag sth 'out of sb 9.■to make sb give you information they do not want to give you强迫某人说出；套某人的话:They eventually dragged a confession out of her.他们终于硬迫着她招了供。[OBJ]confession,truth[G]v+n/pron+adv+prep,drag sth 'up 10.■to mention in a conversation an unpleasant fact from the past that sb would prefer to forget提起﹙不愿回忆的事﹚:It all happened years ago. There’s no point dragging it up now.那都是多年前的事了。现在不必提起了。She’s dragged up that story just to embarrass me.她提那件事就是为了使我难堪。[synonym]bring sth up[G]v+n/pron+adv ◆ v+adv+n