(1) drag sb. down 使某人感到沮喪
Hot weather always drags me down.
天氣一熱我就渾身不適。
(2) drag sb.down (to sth.) 使某人社會地位、行為標準等下降
I'm afraid the children will all be dragged down to his level.
我看他的孩子也要跟他學壞了。
(3) drag sth. in/into sth. 在談話中扯進不相關的事
1. You're free to write what you like about me. But you mustn't drag my wife's name in.
關于我的事你愛寫什么就寫什么，但不要把我妻子的名字扯進去。
2. Must you drag politics into everything?
你非得事事都把政治扯進來嗎?
(4) drag sb. into doing sth. 硬拉某人參加某活動
She had to be dragged into seeing the dentist.
要她去牙科醫(yī)生那里看病非得生拉硬拽不可。
(5) drag sth. out 使某事不必要地拖延
Let's not drag out this discussion. We've got to reach a decision.
這場討論別拖下去了，我們得作個決定了。
(6) drag sth. out (of sb.) 迫使某人透鰈或交代（情況籌）
The police failed to drag a confession out of the criminal.
警方?jīng)]能使罪犯招供。
(7) drag sb. up (Brit) 將（孩子）胡亂帶大
The children seem to have been dragged up anyhow instead of being properly trained and educated.
這些孩子看來是胡亂拉扯大的，沒有受到正規(guī)的培養(yǎng)和教育。
(8) drag sth. up 在談話中扯進（不愉快的事情等）
1. She dragged up the incident just to embarrass me.
她扯起那件事故意想使我難堪。
2. What made you drag up that particular episode in my murky past?
是什么使你又提起我過去暗淡歲月中的那件不愉快的事情呢?
(9) draw in one's horns 采取守勢；謹慎（尤指）減縮開支
1. He drew in his horns when he realized that his boasting was not impressing me.
當他意識到他的自吹自擂對我不起作用時，他就縮回去了。
2. After the business failed, Dick's father had to draw in his horns.
生意失敗后，狄克的父親只得縮減開支了。
(10) draw the line at sth./ doing sth. 拒絕做某事；拒不容忍某事
1. I don't mind helping, but I draw the line at doing everything myself.
我可以幫忙，不過什么事都讓我干，那就不行了。
2. I don't mind his taking an occasional cocktail, but I draw the line at heavy drinking.
我不反對他偶爾喝一次雞尾酒，但我不讓他酗酒。
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