trap [5 trAp ] n.
(指捉动物的陷阱或圈套;常用语比喻)陷阱;圈套
— The rat was caught in a
trap.
这只老鼠被捕捉器套住了。
— Is this question a
trap?
这个问题是不是个圈套?
—They who lay traps for others are often caught by their own bait
.
给别人做圈套的人常常落在自己的圈套里。
* trap v. (过去式和过去分词
trapped; 喻)圈套
— They are trying to trap me with their question,but I won't tell
them what they want to know.
他们提出许多问题想套出我的话,但我对他们想要探听的事情守口如瓶。
— He trapped her; she couldn't get
away.
他设圈套抓住了她,使她不得脱身。
* to fall / walk into a trap [5fC:l /
5wC:k]
落入圈套
— Hopefully, the thief was fall right into our
trap.
如果顺利的话,那个贼就会恰好落入我们设置的圈套。
* to lay a trap (for sb.)
[5lei] 为(人)设下圈套
—Mary set a trap for Peter and he really fell into the trap.
玛丽给彼特设了个圈套,而他真中计了。
* to set a trap [5set]
设下圈套,陷阱
— The hunter set a trap to catch the
tiger.
猎人设陷阱捉老虎。
—"They set the trap for us, and we walked right into it." he said
angrily.
"人家做成了圈套,我们去钻。" 他气愤地说。
这些词汇应该记住:
1. catch [ 5kAtF ] n. 陷阱;圈套
—This price is too incredible to believe. What's the catch?
这种价格真是好的令人不敢相信。有什么陷阱吗?
—There must be a catch to that last
question.
最后那个问题里面一定有圈套。
2. pitfall [5pItfC:l] n.
(指为捕捉野兽而挖的坑,上有遮蔽物)陷阱
— Here is a pitfall for catching
bears.
这是一个捕熊的陷阱。
3. pit [ 5pIt ] n. (比喻或常指捕猎野兽的)陷阱
—Since the beginning of this decade, the stock market has been a
money pit.
自从十年前开始,股市就已经是一个金钱陷阱了。
4. snare [ 5snZ[ ] n.
(指能逮住动物足颈的圈套或用于比喻)陷阱;圈套
— All his promises were snare and
delusions.
他的许诺都是全套和骗局。
—His promises are a
snare.
他的诺言是一种圈套。
* snare v. 设陷阱;圈套
— An old fox is not easily
snared.
老狐狸难上圈套。
* to fall into the snare
[5fC:l] 落入圈套
— He fell into a snare laid by his
enemy.
他落入敌人设的圈套。
* to lay a snare [5lei]
设下陷阱;圈套
— The hunter laid a snare for a
wolf.
猎人给狼设了个陷阱。
5. toils [ 5tCIlz ] n. (常用复数形式表示)罗网;圈套;陷阱
—why do you go about to recover the wind of me, as if you would
drive me into toils?
为什么你们总是这样千方百计绕到我上风的一面,好像一定要把我逼进你们的圈套?
* (to be) caught in the toils of the
law (喻)落入法网
— The thief was caught in the toils of the law.at
last.
这贼终于落入法网。
这些词汇应该知道, 掌握更好:
1. to play into sb's hands
[5plei 5hAndz] 中(某人)圈套
—I played into his hands to wait here without doing nothing.
我中了他的圈套白白在这里等他。
2. to set sb. up by sth. [5set
Qp]
(用某种手段,使某人)落入圈套
—He set me up by telling me a sob
story.
他讲一个悲伤的故事给我听,使我落入圈套。
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