點滴英語天天學第105期:分手了!(詞彙詳解9)

今天，我們來學習to take someone to the cleaners的意思：To take someone to the cleaners means to to take a lot of someone's money, or to cheat or swindle one for a lot or all of their money. 它是指通過欺騙、欺詐手段或法院裁判獲得某人的很多錢或某人的全部家產。

我們通過下面的例句來熟悉它的意思。

例句1：Frank was too trusting. He invested in a very dubious company and they took him to the cleaners. （Frank太輕信於人了。他投資了一家疑點重重的公司，他們把他騙了個精光。）

解析1 ：trusting是形容詞，意思是“輕信的”。例如： If you're too trusting, other people will take advantage of you. （如果你太輕信別人，別人就會利用你。）

解析2：invest in的意思是“投資於......”。例如：I'll invest in that company I don't want to miss the boat. （我要在那家公司投資，我不想失去機會。）

例句2：The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners. （那幫人合夥欺負他，結果讓他輸得精光。）
解析：gang up是個固定短語，意思是“聯合起來”，後面用介詞on，即：gang up on someone，意思是“聯合起來對付某人”。例如：Those guys won't gang up on you again. （那些傢伙不會再合夥整你了。）They gang up on me and throw me in the pool every year. （每年，他們都對我羣起而攻之，將我拋入游泳池。）

例句3：It was my first time playing poker at the casino, and the more experienced players definitely took me to the cleaners. （這是我第一次在賭場打撲克，更有經驗的球員肯定讓我輸得一乾二淨。）

解析1 ：play poker：打撲克 at the casino：在賭場

解析2：It was my first time playing poker中playing poker是現在分詞。It is one's first time後面接doing something，表示“現在時”，用to do something，表示“將來時”。

我們今天學習to take somebody to cleaners，意思是：通過欺騙、欺詐手段或法院裁判獲得某人的很多錢或某人的全部家產。Hope that you can bear it in your mind.這個詞彙可是雅思考試必備的詞彙哦！