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  • 5. What I’m getting at is... 我的意思是……
    ◆ 疯狂实战
    A: What I’m getting at is, I think we should break up.
    B: Good, I think so too. Thank you for not beating around the bush!
    A: 我的意思是说,我想我们应该分手了。
    B: 很好,我也这么认为。感谢你的直爽!

    A: What I’m getting at is, you are fired.
    B: What? Just like that? After all my hard work and devotion to this damn place?
    A: 我是说,你被解雇了。
    B: 什么?我辛辛苦苦工作,为这见鬼的公司做出那么大贡献,你就这样对我?

    ◆ 额外成就感
    “get”是个简单却非常神奇的动词,它跟某些介词一组合,就能表达成千上万种意思,光是以上的“get at”就有六七种意思,现在我们来将它们一网打尽。
    1. 拿到,打开,到达
    * Put the medicine somewhere where the children can’t get at it.
    (把药放到孩子们拿不到的地方。)

    2. 弄清楚,理解
    * It’s no easy thing to get at the meaning of every idiom in English.
    (要搞懂英语中每个成语的意思并不是件容易的事情。)
    * What I’m trying to get at is whether you want to marry Susan for her father’s money or because you love her.
    (我想知道的是,你跟苏姗结婚是为了她父亲的钱,还是因为你真的爱她。)

    3. 有某种含意,
    * What exactly are you getting at, David?
    (大卫,你到底是什么意思?)
    *I don’t see what you’re getting at?
    (我不明白你是什么意思?)
    * If I correctly understood what she was getting at, it seems to be a good idea.
    (如果我没有弄错它的意思的话,那是个好主意。)

    4. 找错,责备
    * She’s always getting at her husband for not helping with the housework.
    (她老是埋怨她丈夫不帮忙做家务。)
    * I can’t think why Erika’s always getting at me.
    (我不明白为什么艾里卡总是找我的茬。)

    5. 开始干某工作
    * I hope I have time to get at my homework tonight.
    (我希望今晚有时间做功课。)

    6. 打...的主意;贿赂
    * Someone appears to have been trying to get at the jury.
    (好像有人在打陪审团的主意。)