點滴英語天天學第266期:雅思詞彙(106)
1.go off the hooks
釋義：To perish or die. （死亡）
例句：About two million people go off the hooks each year in the United States.
美國每年約有二百萬人死亡。
How long do you think it will take him to go off the hooks, Tom?
你看他還得拖上多久才能嚥氣，湯姆？
I should like to go off the hooks, miserable, poor, and starving, without any friend.
我真希望死的時候貧困潦倒，飢寒交迫，一個親人也不在身邊。
I said,"Oh, dear godmother, tell me, pray do tell me, did mama go off the hooks on my birthday?"
我說：“噢，親愛的教母，告訴我，求求你告訴我，媽媽是在我生日的那一天死的嗎？”
2 one’s own hook
釋義：By one's own effort or energy，all by oneself. （全靠自己，獨自地）
例句：I just think Jennifer needs to do things on her own hook more, instead of waiting to see what her boyfriend wants to do all the time.
我只是覺得Jennifer應該自己獨立去多做些事情，而不是一直等着看她男朋友想做什麼。
I don’t need any help. I can do it on my own hook.
我不需要任何幫助。我可以自己做這件事。
The rest of the time I write and photograph on my own hook and send pieces to other magazines.
我在其餘的時間就自己寫，自己拍，然後把作品寄給其他雜誌。
“Let me help you," he said. "It's not easy thing to go on your own hook here."
他說：“讓我幫你，在這裏獨自謀生不容易。”
3.on the hook
釋義：To held responsible (for something); obliged (to do something). （對某事付責任，被迫或承諾做某事）
例句：I would think very carefully signing your name to those documents. If something goes wrong in the company, it could be you on the hook.
我會慎重考慮在文件上籤上你的名字。如果公司出什麼問題的話，那就是你的事情了。
I'm on the hook for nearly half a million dollars after my partner skipped town with the company's pension fund!
跟我合夥的人拿着公司的養老退休金逃跑了，我不得不拿出將近50萬美元出來。
