| 短语 | kick about/around |
| 释义 | ˌkick aˈbout/aˈround(informal)1(usually used in the progressive tenses通常用于进行时)to be lying somewhere not being used被闲置；闲置不用There's a pen kicking around on my desk somewhere.我书桌上什么地方有支钢笔老放着。2to go from one place to another with no particular purpose（无目的地）四处游荡，闲逛，到处走They spent the summer kicking around Europe.他们在欧洲各地晃悠了一夏天。kick about/around1. treat badly by kicking or hitting 粗暴对待 * You can't kick him around like that. 你不能这样粗暴地对待他。 * The mother was taken to court for kicking the child about. 这位母亲因虐待孩子而被送上法庭。 * Mr. Jones is always kicking his dog around. 琼斯先生总是虐待他的狗。2. talk easily and carelessly back and forth about; discuss 扯来扯去地讨论；漫谈 * At first our committee didn't want to accept my plan, but later they decided to kick it around for a while. 起初委员会不同意接受我的计划，但后来他们决定议一议。 * Bod and I kicked around the idea of going swimming, but it was hot and we were too lazy. 鲍勃和我说来说去想去游泳，可是天气太热，我们也懒得动。 * We'll begin the meeting by kicking around a few possibilities on how we might raise the money, then we'll make some decisions. 我们一开始得先讨论一下如何募捐的几种可能，然后再做一些决定。 * The committee kicked your suggestion around for over an hour. 委员会对于你的建议讨论了一个多小时。3. lie around or in a place; be treated carelessly; be neglected 闲置；忽视；冷落This old overcoat has been kicking around the closet for years. 这件旧大衣放在壁橱中已多年不穿 * The manuscripts have kicked around on the desk for days. 那些文稿堆在写字台上已有好多天无人处理。4. move about often; go from one job or place to another 经常到处跑；常换职业 * Jack has kicked around all over the world as a visiting professor. 杰克以访问教授的身份走遍了全世界。 * He's been kicking around for several months. 他几个月来一直到处跑。5. be present; alive; be in existence 到场；活着；存在 * It never occurred to me he was still kicking around; for years I thought he was dead. 我从没想到他居然还活着，多年来我一直以为他已经死了。 * The idea of flight had been kicking around for centuries before man actually achieved it. 关于飞行的想法持续了几个世纪以后人类才真正予以实现。 |
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