Animalism

【句子】

1.give A to B→give to B A

Major’s speech had given to (the more intelligent animals on the farm) (a completely new outlook on life).

2.want [主英]

需要(做);该(做) If you say that something wants doing, you think that it needs to be done.

His men were idle and dishonest, the fields were full of weeds, the buildings wanted roofing, the hedges were neglected, and the animals were underfed.

The windows wanted cleaning...

Her hair wants cutting.

3.

They had never seen animals behave like this before, and this sudden uprising of creatures (whom they were used to thrashing and maltreating just as they chose), frightened them almost out of their wits.

以前他们从未见到动物有过如此行为，(他们对牲口的一贯做法就是任意抽鞭子、施虐待，) 这些牲口此番突如其来的暴动，把他们吓得差点儿神经错乱。

be used to sth/doing

familiar with something so that it seems normal or usual

We’re used to the noise from the traffic now.

I’m used to getting up early.

Don’t worry — you’ll soon get used to his sense of humor.

I didn’t think I could ever get used to living in a big city after living in the country.

frighten/scare someone out of their wits

to make someone feel extremely frightened

The film scared the wits out of us.

【词组】

1.get (one's) (own) way

To get or have what one wants; to have things done according to one's personal preference or desires;

to persuade other people to allow you to do what you want;

to get or do what you want, especially when sb has tried to stop you

Napoleon was a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar, the only Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting his own way.

...场里唯一的伯克夏种猪，不太爱说话，可是出了名的不达目的死不休

My little brother always gets his own way.

If Tommy doesn't get his way, he'll start having a tantrum that could last all night.

She always gets her own way in the end.

2.put about [主英]

传播；散布If you put something about, you tell it to people that you meet and cause it to become well-known.

The pigs had an even harder struggle to counteract the lies put about by Moses, the tame raven.

The King had been putting about lurid rumors for months.

Moderates are putting it about that people shouldn't take the things said at the Republican Convention too seriously...

3.lash out

（用武器或手脚）迅猛攻击，殴打 If you lash out, you attempt to hit someone quickly and violently with a weapon or with your hands or feet.

The next moment he and his four men were in the store-shed with whips in their hands, lashing out in all directions.

Riot police fired in the air and lashed out with clubs to disperse hundreds of demonstrators...

Her husband has a terrible temper and lashes out at her when he's angry.

4.with one accord (BrE,formal)

if people do sth with one accord, they do it at the same time, because they agree with each other

With one accord, though nothing of the kind had been planned beforehand, they flung themselves upon their tormentors.

They rose with one accord from their seats.

5.fling yourself ↑

突然冲向;突然跳向 If you fling yourself somewhere, you move or jump there suddenly and with a lot of force.

He flung himself to the floor.

6.take to one's heels

逃走;脚底开溜 to begin to run away; to quickly run away

After only a moment or two they gave up trying to defend themselves and took to their heels.

They took to their heels when they saw the policeman approaching.

When they saw the soldiers coming, they took to their heels.

He stood, for a moment, staring defiantly back at her, then took to hisheels.

7.carry through

(常指艰难地)坚持做,完成If you carry something through, you do it or complete it, often in spite of difficulties.

And so, almost before they knew what was happening, the Rebellion had been successfully carried through: Jones was expelled, and the Man or Farm was theirs.

Whatever project you begin, you must carry it through to completion.

We don't have the confidence that the UN will carry through a sustained program...

【熟词生义】

1.elaborate v.

精心制作;详细计划;进一步完善 If you elaborate a plan or theory, you develop it by making it more complicated and more effective.

These three had elaborated old Major’s teachings into a complete system of thought, to which they gave the name of Animalism.

His task was to elaborate policies which would make a market economy compatible with a clean environment.

The philosopher spent years elaborating [=developing] his ideas.