美国习惯用语-第74讲:to throw one´s hatnb
<p>美国习惯用语-第74讲:<span word="to">to</span> <span word="throw">throw</span> <span word="one">one</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="hat">hat</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ring">ring</span></p><p><span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stump">stump</span> </p><p>美国每四年就会遇到一次总统大选。今天的「美国习惯用语」节目，我们要给大家介绍几个美国人在选举中常用的俗语。 </p><p>美国总统大选一般是在十一月初举行。可是，竞选活动往往早就开始了。在竞选的第一个阶段，那些认为自己有资格当总统的人经过多方考虑后作出究竟参不参加这次总统竞选的决定。美国人经常用一个俗语来指决定参加竞选，就是：<span word="to">to</span> <span word="throw">throw</span> <span word="one">one</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="hat">hat</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ring">ring</span>。 </p><p><span word="To">To</span> <span word="throw">throw</span> <span word="one">one</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="hat">hat</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ring">ring</span>是指某人决定参加竞选。这个说法可能是来自很早以前的一种风俗。那时,有的职业摔交运动员经常到各地去旅行和当地的人才一比高低。如果当地有某个人决定和他比赛的话，那个人就把他的帽子往场里一扔，表示接受挑战。当然，这类到处旅行，像中国古时候摆擂台的那种方式现在很少见了，可是这个俗语却被普遍用来形容接受挑战，参加竞选。我们来举一个例子吧： </p><p>例句-1: "<span word="A">A</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="senator">senator</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="Paul">Paul</span> <span word="Tsongas">Tsongas</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="Democrat">Democrat</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="throw">throw</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="hat">hat</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ring">ring</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="presidential">presidential</span> <span word="election">election</span>. " </p><p>这句话的意思是：“麻省一位名字叫保尔·聪格斯的前参议员是第一个决定参加今年总统竞选的民主党人。” </p>
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