今天,我们来回顾一下Kenny告知让Jennifer感到可怕的事情:I just hear that Jane and Mike broke up because Mike was having an affair for the past year! She busted him when she walk into their bedroom and found him with some tramp.
Kenny说到的BUST是什么意思呢?BUST的本意是: (of the police) raid (a house) or arrest sb。译为:(指警方)突击搜查(房屋)或拘捕某人,引申为to catch someone doing something inappropriate的意思,译为:“当场发现某人的不当行为”。我们再来看2个例子:
例句1:Last night, Carol busted Henry. She caught him kissing another woman!(昨天,Carol把Henry逮着个正着,她发现他正在问别的女人。)
解析:catch someone doing something的意思是“撞见某人在做某事”。例如:He caught a youth breaking into a car. (他撞见一青年正在撬一辆车。)He was caught cheating in the exam. (他考试作弊,被抓住了。)
例句2:——Wendy came home early from work and found Ron in bed with another woman! Can you believe it?——Of course! I knew he would get busted one of theses days. (——Wendy很早下班回来,发现Ron在另一个女人在床上!你相信吗?——当然相信,我知道他就会在这几天内被逮个正着。)
解析:come from work的意思是“下班回来”。再如:In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from work, the streets are very busy.(人们在早晚上下班时,街道会非常繁忙。)
解析:in bed with someone的意思是“和某人在床上”。In bed with something的意思是则是“因某事而卧床休息”的意思。例如:Yesterday afternoon I was lying in bed with a bad cold.(昨天下午,我因重感冒躺在床上了。)I am still having a fever, lying in bed with the bad cold and unable to get up. The doctor was called in this morning. He advised a rest of three days. (我仍然发烧,患重感冒未愈,现仍卧床不起。今早请医生来看了一下,他建议我再休息三天。)
解析:get busted这个短语中bust是bust的过去分词,意思是“被逮住”,类似结构的短语有get divorced,get married,get fired等。
今天,我们学习的BUST这个词语,它的意思是“当场发现某人的不当行为”。