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旋元祐Time时代杂志核心短语 动词短语14: hew to

hew to

严格遵守

动词hew的意思是「砍、劈」。例如开石炸山辟出来的 横贯公路,就可以说是hewn out of rock。但是词组hew to的意思就成了「恪遵」,可以藉由联想「一只斧头砍进树干拔 不出来」的样子,来记这个词组。

This week Bush will swing through Louisiana and North Dakota,two more states he won handily—and where Democratic Senators hang on to their jobs by hewing to local opinion.(出自:TIME,Mar. 12,2001,p. 29)

本周布什将快速走访路易斯安那州和北达科塔州,这又是两个他 轻松获胜的州——那里选出的民主党参议员得恪遵地方民意才能 保住职位。