| 单词 | get away with something |
| 释义 | get away with somethingget away with something phrasal verbphr v a) to not be caught or punished when you have done something wrong 〔做错事而〕不被发现，不受惩罚 Watch Frank – he’ll cheat if he thinks he can get away with it. 留神弗兰克——他逮到机会就会作弊。 No one insults my family and gets away with it! 没有人可以白白地侮辱我的家人！ b) get away with murder informal to not be punished for doing something wrong 做了坏事而不受惩罚 Some of those children get away with murder! 那些孩子有的简直无法无天！ c) to receive only a small punishment for something 受到轻微处罚 The charge was reduced to manslaughter, and she got away with three years in prison. 罪名减轻为过失杀人，她只被判刑三年。 d) to do something without experiencing any problems or difficulties, even though it is not the best thing to do 应付过去 At school he had always got away with doing the bare minimum amount of work. 他上学的时候功课总是能不做就不做。 The colour’s not quite right, but I think you’ll get away with it. 这颜色不是很合适，不过我想你穿问题不大。 Examples from the Corpus get away with • Munro never lets you get away with a facile, one-dimensional take.• But he's not going to get away with it wherever he is.• And, indeed, plenty of military personnel are guilty of breaking marital vows and getting away with it.• How did he imagine he was going to get away with it?• She could just get away with more.• Feeling uncertain, I asked Vidal if I could get away with such a scene.• Very few schools get away with teaching the Lord's prayer in anything other than something like the traditional way. get away with murder• His parents let him get away with murder.• Where are these men when, as you say, there are men literally getting away with murder?• She lets those kids get away with murder.• But the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is angry that some other local authorities are letting agents get away with murder.• I think the women of your time have been allowed to get away with murder.• In those days people throughout the organization often got away with murder.• Sorcerer thought he could get away with murder.• When we played them last week, the officials let Erik Williams get away with murder.• He can get away with anything, he could get away with murder and my mom would still love him.• They get away with murder because of their buying power. → get away with something at get(PHRASAL VERB) |
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