单词盒子

put the boot in

P 开头单词

基本解释

  • （橄榄球）做危险动作
  • （在对方已倒地后）再踢上一脚，做出不必要的残酷行为
  • 采取果断行动

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • I put the luggage in the boot.
    我把行李放在汽车行李箱里。
  • A press that once put Goldman on a pedestal prefers today to put the boot in.
    一家曾把高盛捧上宝座奉为偶像的媒体，如今更想在已倒霉的高盛身上再踢一脚。
  • Put the luggage in the boot.
    把行李放在汽车行李箱里。

    • 权威例句

  • EU's internal-market commissioner, who put the boot in.
    ECONOMIST: European banks
  • The political connections that earned Goldman the sobriquet Government Sachs have been loosened by the crisis. (Jon Corzine, pictured right above, who was appointed Goldman's CEO in 1994, was for a while governor of New Jersey and his successor, Henry Paulson, left, went on to become President George Bush's treasury secretary.) A press that once put Goldman on a pedestal prefers today to put the boot in.
    ECONOMIST: The firm that came to dominate world finance
  • There were fears at the end of 2001, when Argentina was again in an economic pickle, that the army might put in its boot once more, but the current relative stability has eased such tensions.
    ECONOMIST: Leopoldo Galtieri

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • to kick someone when they are already on the ground
  • to make a bad situation worse, by criticizing or being unkind

专业释义

    体育

  • 做危险动作