| 单词 | sting somebody for something |
| 释义 | sting somebody for somethingsting somebody for something phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE informal a) TRICK/DECEIVEto charge someone too much for something 向〔某人〕索取过高的价钱，在…上敲〔某人的〕竹杠 The garage stung him for £300. 汽车修理厂敲了他 300 英镑竹杠。 b) BORROWto borrow money from someone 向〔某人〕借钱 Can I sting you for a fiver? 我能跟你借五英镑吗？ Examples from the Corpus sting for • He dispatched Mercury to Carthage with a stinging message for Aeneas. → sting somebody for something at sting1(1) |
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