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英语重点词汇语法hold at bay详解

hold/keep sb/sth at bay

不让（敌人）接近；防止（问题恶化）；防止…侵袭；使…无法靠近；使......不能靠近

bay做名词可以解释为海湾或湖湾、分隔间、建筑物的突出结构、栗色马、低沉吠声、月桂树等。

这个短语可不是“要把东西放在海湾”的意思哦。请看：

Eating oranges keeps colds at bay.

吃橘子可以预防感冒。

Doing some exercise keeps cold at bay.

适当运动可以抵御风寒。

Exercise can help keep fat at bay.

体育锻炼可以防止发胖。

I'm trying to keep my creditors at bay.

我在竭力避开债主。

A thick wall keeps the noise at bay.

厚实的墙能隔音。

Charlotte bit her lip to hold the tears at bay.

夏洛特咬住嘴唇不让眼泪流出来。

Wool traps your body heat, keeping the chill at bay.

毛织品能够保暖御寒。

The overpowering despair that he'd fought so hard to keep at

bay washed through the boy.

一直极力压制的绝望情绪终于将男孩击垮了。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

Monstrously inflated costs are designed to keep the hoi polloi at

bay.

居高不下的生活开支势必会把老百姓逼入走投无路的境地。

However, as good as these services are, there are simple steps

we can take to keep them at bay.

然而，虽然这些服务很完美，我们却可以采取简单方法远离它们。

A coffee a day keeps the burden at bay!

每天一杯咖啡可以减轻负担！（每天一杯咖啡，不让压力靠近！）

试比较：

An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

一天一个苹果，医生远离我!

帮助某人老说help someone是很low的，小学生的水平，换一个说法，立马与众不同：

come to one's aid “帮助某人”：

I got lost, but a nice lady came to my aid.

我迷路了，但是一位善良的女士帮了我。

She comes to your aid.

她是来帮助你的。

We felt disappointed since no one came to our aid.

没有人来帮助我们，我们感觉到了失望。

When we're in trouble, they'll come to our aid immediately.

当我们遇到困难时，他们马上就帮助我们。

大家在说“帮助”的时候，不要老想着用help,可以尝试使用

do someone a good turn

“做有助于某人的事，帮助某人”。

If you do someone a good turn, you do something that helps or

benefits them.

请看：

She is always to do a turn for others.

她总是乐于为他人做好事。

If you do someone a good turn today, don't expect a thank you.

如果你今天帮了别人一个忙，别期待他会说一句“谢谢你”。

Actually the worms do the farmers a good turn.

实际上，蚯蚓为农夫们做了件好事。

They might be doing me a good turn if they took me into

protective custody.

如果他们对我实行保护性拘留，可能对我是件好事。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

He did you a good turn by resigning

他辞职对你有利。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

Uncle Albert will do a good turn to anyone if he can.

阿伯特舅舅凡力所能及总愿给人帮忙.

He did a good turn for everybody and deserved praise.

他为大家做了一件好事，应该得到表扬。

He will do a good turn to anyone if he can.

只要可能，任何人他都愿意帮忙。

He is willing to do a good turn for anyone if he can.

只要可以，他愿意帮任何人的忙。

Mike did me a good turn by showing me how to study on the

Internet.

Mike教我如何利用互联网来学习，这帮了我的大忙。

当然，如果你做了对某人不利的事，你就做了对他们有害的事。

If you do someone a bad/an ill turn , you do something

harmful to them.

例句：

In effect, I have done him a bad turn.

实际上我给他帮了一个倒忙。

另外，要知道这里的a good turn是“好事、善事”:

One good turn deserves another.

礼尚往来。

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