请教 took a tumble 的意思
2024-11-20 19:13:26 学考宝 作者：佚名
问题描述
冒险者从死尸上找出一本日记，冒险者是这样形容这本日记的：
By the looks of it, this book took a tumble down some cliffs.
我对这句话的理解是：
这本书看起来挺旧的，好像从悬崖上掉下来似的
但词典里解释【took a tumble】还有恍然大悟的意思，那么这句话该如何理解呢？
老师答疑
陈老师：
冒险者从死尸上找出一本日记，冒险者是这样形容这本日记的：
By the looks of it, this book took a tumble down some cliffs.
我对这句话的理解是：
这本书看起来挺旧的，好像从悬崖上掉下来似的
但词典里解释【took a tumble】还有恍然大悟的意思，那么这句话该如何理解呢？
回答如下：
take a tumble 有以下几种意思
(1)恍然大悟，突然明白
Like the outcome after an exam, death makes us aware of anything, That is, it'stoo late to take a tumble.
死亡教会人一切，如同考试之后公布的结果？虽然恍然大悟，但为时晚矣！
It was a long time before she tumbled to what I mean.
好长时间她才对我的意思恍然大悟。
(2)跌倒了,跌落
Gordon takes a tumble
高登跌倒了
Many fatal incidents have taken place on the descent and there is no secondchance if you take a tumble or miss your footing on the mountain.
很多致命事故都发生在下山途中，一旦你在山上跌倒或失足，便绝无生还机会。
(3)价格下跌，下降
Stock prices took a tumble in the afternoon.
股票价格下午猛跌。
The risk is that when quantitative easing is withdrawn all asset markets, not justbonds, will take a big tumble.
风险在于，当量化宽松政策退出之时，各类资产（不只是债券）市场都将受到沉重打击。
By the looks of it, this book took a tumble down some cliffs.
参考译文：从这本外观来看，这本书是从一些悬崖上跌落下来的.
以上句子语法结构分析如下：
状语：by the looks of it（从它的外观来看）
主语：this book （这本书）
谓语：took a tumble（ 跌落下来）
状语：down some cliffs（ 沿着一些悬崖）
重点短语解析
(1)by the looks of it 从它的外观来看
(2) take a tumble 跌落下来
(3)down some cliffs沿着一些悬崖
（备注：down 作为介词使用，表示物体/人从高向低移动，从上向下移动，与介词up正好相反）
(1) by the looks of sth
By the looks of it, we shan't have much rain this month.
看样子这个月雨水也不会很多.
(2)down prep.（表示方向）沿着…向下;（从高处）向下;往…的下端;向…的底部
We're going down a mountain.
我们正在下山。
A man came down the stairs to meet them.
一名男子下楼来迎接他们。
