美国习惯用语-第265讲:To go full steam ahead 全力以赴
<p>今天我们再来给大家讲解两个以<span word="steam">steam</span>为主的常用语。我们先来讲第一个。<span word="To">To</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="steam">steam</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span>. <span word="Full">Full</span>就是全部，<span word="steam">steam</span>是蒸汽，<span word="ahead">ahead</span>就是向前。<span word="To">To</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="steam">steam</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span>的意思是：全力以赴。</p><p>原来，<span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="steam">steam</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span>是一艘船的船长给手下人发的命令。意思是：以最快的速度向前行驶。现在，<span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="steam">steam</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span>已经不局限在船上使用了。它可以用在任何场合。意思是以快速完成一项工作。我们来引用美国报纸曾经登过的一篇文章里的一段，来看看<span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="steam">steam</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span>是怎么用的。</p><p>例句-1: <span word="White">White</span> <span word="House">House</span> <span word="sources">sources</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Clinton">Clinton</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="steam">steam</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="draft">draft</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="care">care</span> <span word="bill">bill</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="month">month</span>. 来自白宫的消息告诉我们，克林顿总统已经命令他手下的工作人员要用最快的速度来完成有关起草保健改革新提案的工作，以便在这个月月底前送交国会。</p><p>例句-2: <span word="I">I</span> <span word="assigned">assigned</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="solution">solution</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="done">done</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="far">far</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="leader">leader</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="today">today</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="steam">steam</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="week">week</span>. 我在两个星期前就指派这个小组研究这个问题，找出解决方案。但是，有人告诉我，他们到目前为止什么也没做。所以，今天我把那个组长叫来了。我告诉他要以最快的速度完成这个任务，并在这个周末前把报告交给我。</p>
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