动词短语：冲突和暴力

upr指情况变严重或完全...

smash up 砸碎;砸毁;捣毁 这里的up指complete

flare up (火焰、火等) 突然旺起来; (人) 突然发怒, (疾病、损伤等) 复发；突然加剧

at指暴力行为的方向

come at 扑向;向…逼近

fly at 攻击;侮辱

off 表示remove

bump off =kill

fight off 战胜（疾病）; 消除（不快）=get rid of; 击退; 打退

out表示remove completely

wipe out = completely destroy

knock sb. out 使不省人事；使入睡

sb./some team be knocked out 击败；淘汰

round on严厉指责;抨击 =lash out at = sth. come under severe censure = reprimand= chastise=lambast=rebuke=bash=be bitter against=berate

发脾气 fly off the handle=fly into rage/temper....=flare up

bust up = smash up 砸碎，砸毁

bust up= break up夫妻分开等

Everything was fine between Jack and Jane until that woman stepped in and bust them up.

杰克和简一向很好，直到那个女人插足进来，才使他们感情破裂。

bust-up 激烈的争吵

push around 把…差来遣去；摆布；使唤

We don't like somebody coming in with lots of money and trying to push people around.

我们不想有人拿着很多钱加入，试图到处使唤人。

短语动词的隐喻用法暗示冲突或暴力

这类动词短语经常出现在报纸上，适合用作wordplay

The government promised to wipe out poverty. [make it disappear completely]

The minister is fighting off calls for her resignation.

Some newspapers are trying to drag the prime minister into the scandal. [talk about or bring

someone or something into a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially when that person or

thing is not seen as being connected with the situation]

He published an article in a national newspaper as a way of striking back at his critics.

[attacking someone who has attacked you (the literal meaning of striking is hitting)]