英語口語練習小對話 第603期:遭受嚴峻考驗或折磨

Subject：You are really put through the wringer at your job interview.

迷你對話

A: You are really put through the wringer at your job interview.

你的求職面試真讓你折騰了一番。

B: Yeah, I had to fill out papers, meet dozens of people, and do a presentation.

是啊，我得填寫各種表格，與很多人做見面並向大家做自我介紹。

地道表達

put somebody through the wringer

1. 解釋

此語的英文解釋爲：to give someone a difficult time; to interrogate someone thoroughly。此語之中的wringer是攪擰機的意思。Put through是“遭受，遇到”的意思。Put through the wringer的字面意思是“經受攪擰機的折磨”，引申爲“遭受嚴峻的考驗或折磨”。表示給某事折騰，遭受某事的嚴峻考驗，在此語的後面用介詞at，即爲：put sb. through the wringer at something。

2. 例句

The lawyer really put the witness through the wringer!

律師真是折磨證人。

The teacher put the students through the wringer.

老師把學生折騰了一番。