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欢迎来到《一分钟英语》栏目！
Some people get their drinking water from a well.
有些人是从井里取饮用水。
So, adding poison to it would be a terrible thing to do.
所以，往里面下毒是很可怕的。
But what does the idiom "to poison the well" mean?
但是“to poison the well”这个习语是什么意思呢？
My old roommate opened a new restaurant -- Pat's Perfect Pizza Palace.
我的老室友开了一家新餐厅--帕特完美披萨宫。
Oh my gosh! I'm having my birthday party there!
我的天哪！我要在那里开生日派对的！
Bad idea. Pat was an awful roommate. So, I'm sure his restaurant will be awful, too.
这真是个坏主意。帕特是个糟糕的室友。所以，我相信他的餐厅也会很糟糕。
Dan, don't poison the well! It's my birthday.
丹，别恶意中伤！那可是我的生日。
If you "poison the well", you try to negatively influence how someone feels about something or someone.
如果你“poison the well”，意思是说你试图消极地影响某人对某事或某人的看法。
It often involves trying to damage someone's reputation.
通常涉及试图损害某人的声誉。
And that's English in a Minute.
以上就是本期的《一分钟英语》栏目！
