【句子】I just gave her the ax, along with a bunch of other people. 【Desperate Housewives S02E09】

【发音】/aɪ/ /dʒʌst/ /ɡeɪv/ /hɜː(r)/ /ðiː/ /æks/ /əˈlɒŋ/ /əˈlɑːŋ/ /wɪð/ /ə/ /bʌntʃ/ /əv/ /ˈʌð.ə(r)/ /ˈpiː.pl/

【发音技巧】just gave失去爆破；gave her击穿；the ax当中the重读；with a连读；bunch of连读；

【翻译】我刚辞退了她，还有一大堆别的人。

【适用场合】

今天我们来学习一下这个短语，叫做give sb. the ax，此时ax也可以写成axe，斧头的意思；

这个短语的意思就是“解雇、开除某个人”；to dismiss one from one's job；to fire one；

eg: The boss is going to give me the axe if he finds out that printing error was my fault.

如果老板发现那个印刷错误是我的责任，他肯定会开除我的。

eg: They'll give me the axe if they ever find out I came into work drunk.

如果他们发现我醉酒上班，一定会开除我。

eg: I was afraid they would give me the ax.

我很害怕他们会解雇我。

eg: Many workers were given the ax in the merger of the two companies.

两家公司合并以后，许多员工都被裁员了。

那么为什么这样一个短语，会有“一刀两断”的意思呢？大家可以想想，ax斧头，斧头可以把东西一刀两断，一切为二。所以在英文当中，它其实不光可以指“雇佣关系的结束”，也可以用来指“男女双方分手/离婚”；

eg: She gave him the ax because he wouldn't stop smoking like he promised.

因为他没有遵守承诺戒烟，她和他分手了。

【请翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

Management promptly gave the new accountant the ax after his miscalculation cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars.

【绝望的主妇】在英文中，“给某个人一把斧头”有什么深意？

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