show ... the ropes• We ask that person to look after them and to show them the ropes.• Some people ask a friend to show them the ropes, or, worse still, they teach themselves.• They brought it home and invited me over to show them the ropes and install some shareware.• I want you to show her the ropes.
3be on the ropesinformalBEAT/DEFEAT to be in a very bad situation, in which you are likely to be defeated 濒于失败,走投无路
4be at/near etc the end of your ropeespecially American EnglishAmEFINISH/USE ALL OF something to have no more patience or strength left to deal with a problem or a difficultsituation 忍无可忍;计穷力竭
My son is causing endless problems, and I’m close to the end of my rope.
我儿子没完没了地惹麻烦,我快要忍无可忍了。
5give somebody some/enough etc ropeFREE TO DO WHAT YOU WANTto give someone a lot of freedom to do something in the way they want to do it 给某人一些/足够等的自由
Managers have to decide how much rope to give their subordinates.
经理人员必须决定应该给下属多少自由。
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give somebody some/enough etc rope• You gave me enough rope for eighteen months, and now ... He gripped the back of the chair in front of him.
6.give somebody enough rope to hang themselvesFREE TO DO WHAT YOU WANTto give someone freedom to do what they want to do, because you think they will cause problems for themselves and you want them to look stupid 任由某人自作自受,听任某人自取灭亡
1[always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]TIE to tie things together using rope 〔用绳索〕捆,绑
rope something to something
Suitcases were roped to the top of the car.
手提箱用绳子固定在车顶上。
rope somebody/something together
Mountaineers rope themselves together for safety.
为了安全,登山者用绳子把彼此连在一起。
2American EnglishAmETA to catch an animal using a circle of rope 用绳套捕捉〔动物〕
The calves are roped and branded.
用绳套捉住牛犊后将其打上烙印。
3rope somebody into something (also rope somebody ↔ in British English)phrasal verbphr v informalto persuade someone to help you in a job or join in an activity, especially when they do not want to 劝说〔尤指不愿意者〕帮忙[参加]
rope somebody into doing something
Denise roped me into selling tickets.
丹尼丝拉我去卖票。
rope somebody in to do something
Anyone who could sing was roped in to help.
凡是能唱歌的人都被拉去帮忙了。
Have you been roped in too?
你也被拉进去了?
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rope somebody into doing something• My wife and I have been roped into going to this fund-raising dinner.
4rope something ↔ offphrasal verbphr vAROUND/ROUNDto surround an area with ropes, especially in order to separate it from another area 用绳把〔某一区域〕围起来,用绳分隔
The stairs were roped off.
楼梯用绳子拦了起来。
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rope off• After a pause to coil up the heavy ropes we set off for Gimmer.• Two long thickbraids like ropes swung off her head to the bottom of her back.• Most of the building is closed off, under repair, with ropes cordoning offhugesections.• A protestingcrowd of sixty thousand assembled; hundreds were handcuffed or their arms fastened with ropes and led off to jail.
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rope• I had always wanted to learn how to rope a calf.• Suddenly I was climbing up the long ladder of the Northpier, the rucksack being roped afterwards.• They blindfolded Mrs Dyer, roped her neck, and expected her to recant.• Probably because it was a way of roping him in for the future, Malcolm invited him down to a few rehearsals.• Miss Gater had turned up, expecting to see Sylvia Toye, but was roped in to discuss Hayley's problem.• Customers are being roped into the distributed company just as fast.• At 8.00 we stopped at the foot of the Cavales Ridge and roped up.
rope somebody/something together• Team members roped themselves together to climb up the mountain.