點滴英語天天學第236期:雅思詞彙(73)
1. 詞彙：fly a kite
釋義：To suggest something in order to gauge interest in it or others' perception of it. （提出建議，以衡量對某事的興趣或他人對某事的看法，試探輿論）
例句：When everyone objected to my idea, I reassured them that I was just flying a kite and had not made any sort of decision on the matter.
當每個人都反對我的想法時，我向他們保證，我只是在試探他們的反應，並沒有在這個問題上做出任何決定。
Let’s fly a kite. Tell the papers that the government is thinking of raising the school leaving age to 18, and we’ll see what the reaction is.
試探一下輿論吧，告訴報紙政府正在考慮把離校年齡提高到18歲，我們會看到什麼反應。
Oh, you're just flying a kite—you don't really know why Emily didn't come to the party.
哦，你是在試探消息吧，你真的不知道艾米麗爲何沒有來參加派對。
2. 詞彙：fly off the handle
釋義：To become uncontrollably angry; to lose control of one's temper.（無法控制的憤怒；失去對自己脾氣的控制；冒火，勃然大怒）
例句：It's a shame the candidate allowed himself to fly off the handle like that during the debate, since it undermines a lot of the really solid arguments he'd been making up to that point.
這位候選人在辯論中如此發怒真是太可惜了，因爲這破壞了他在辯論中所提出的許多有力的論點。
I know you're upset, but there's no point flying off the handle like that. It was just an honest mistake.
我知道你很生氣，但那樣發火是沒有意義的，這只是一個無心之過。
Every time anyone mentions taxes, Mrs. Brown flies off the handle.
每當有人提到稅收，布朗太太就火冒三丈。
If she keeps flying off the handle like that, she'll have a heart attack.
如果她繼續那樣暴跳如雷，她會得心臟病的。
When I finally managed to speak to him, he flew off the handle and shouted down the phone.
當我最後試圖和他說話的時候，他怒火沖天，在電話裏大喊大叫。
