词组 | have it coming |
释义 | have it coming 【问】 (A) He had it coming. (B) He had that defeat coming to him. 上面两句中的had是否仍表示主语有意地让别人去做某事或让某事发生? 【答】 have sb. (sth.) doing常常含有两种含义:1.表示主语有意地让别人去做某事或者让某事发生,例如,Please have her typing these letters for me.2.表示主语无意地引起某人做某事或者无意地引起某事发生。上面的句子可以译为:失败是他自找的(失败是对他的报应)。再看下面的例句: 1. If you don't put a fence round your garden you'll have people walking in and stealingyour fruit. (PEG) 假如你不在花园周围安上栅栏,就会有人走进去偷你的水果。 have it coming就具有这两层不同的含义: 2. I'm glad you won the prize,Tom. You had it coming. 汤姆,你得了奖,我很高兴。这是你努力的结果(你是受之无愧的)。 3. I fell sorry about Jack's failing that course,but he had it coming to him. 杰克的那门课没有考及格,我很难过,但那是他自找的。 4. So vicious a man that whatever evil things happen to him he will have it coming.(ECWO) 这么坏的人无论遭到什么不幸的事情,都是罪有应得。 赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第507-508页. |
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