男孩子們把一個舊球踢得到處滾。
Children enjoy kicking piles of dead leaves around.

孩子們喜歡把一堆堆的落葉踢得到處都是。 kick about〔around〕
He kicked about a good deal before settling down.

在定居前,他一直在東奔西走。
Davis kicked around in several stock companies.

戴維斯在幾家股票公司間轉來轉去，調換工作。 kick about〔around〕
We never dreamt that old Tom would still be kicking around after such a serious operation.

我們做夢也沒想到,在經歷了這樣一次大手術以后,老湯姆還能健康地活著。
The idea of flight had been kicking around for centuries before man actually achieved it.

在人們真正能上天飛行以前,飛行這種想法早已存在幾百年了。 kick about〔around〕
I found this book kicking about upstairs, is it yours?

我發現這本書被丟在樓上,是你的嗎?
That letter has been kicking around for weeks and no one's answered it yet.

那封信放在那里有幾個星期了,至今還沒有人寫回信。 kick sb/sth ? about/around
The mother was taken to court for kicking the children about.

那位母親因虐待孩子被送交法院。
The boy was in such a temper that he started kicking his little brother about.

那個孩子大發脾氣,對小弟弟又踢又打。
You had better stop trying to kick us around .

你最好別再想方設法欺侮我們。
The bigger boys are always kicking him around .

比他大的男孩子們總是欺侮他。
There must be something wrong with a child who kicks his toys around.

孩子亂摔玩具就說明他不順心了。
This old suitcase looks as though it has been kicked about a lot.

那個箱子好像被摔打得挺厲害。 kick sth ? about〔around〕
We started kicking the idea around right back in January, but a decision hasn't been made yet.

我們從1月份就開始議論這個主意了,可到現在還沒有作決定。
At first our committee didn't want to accept my plan for a proposed branch office, and so they decided to kick it around for a while.

我的關于擬建分支機構的計劃,委員會起初不準備接受,故決定只做短暫議論。
After the clinical examination, the consultant invited his students to put forward any suggestions they had kicked about the nature of the disease.

臨床檢查完畢,會診醫師就請學生提出個人對該病性質的診斷意見。

孩子們喜歡在場地上踢足球。
The horse kicked its fallen rider about the head.

騎手摔在地上,馬朝他的頭上亂踢。 kick about〔around〕 sth
I wonder whose shirt this is?It's been kicking about the changing room for months.

我不知道這是誰的襯衫,它被丟在更衣室里已有好幾個月了。
That old book has been kicking about the house for years.

這本舊書在房子里扔了好幾年了。 kick about〔around〕 sth
He spent a whole month just kicking around the countryside, enjoying the peace and quiet.

他在鄉下隨意閑游了整整一個月,享受著寧靜的生活。
He's been kicking about Europe since his discharge from the army.

他從部隊退役以來,一直在歐洲旅行。

幾周以來他一直反對這次調動。
I always kick against Bill's ideas.

我老是反對比爾的主意。
Jack kicked against the rising prices.

杰克對物價高漲表示抗議。
To my mind, it's better to fall in with the arrangements than to kick against them.

在我看來,最好是同意這些安排,不要去反對了。
John kicked against his wife's idea of travelling in Africa in summer.

約翰竭力反對他太太關于夏天去非洲旅行的想法。
You'll only make yourself feel worse if you kick against your fate—you just have to learn to accept it.

如果與命運抗爭,你會覺得更難受——你得學會接受命運的安排。
It's no use trying to kick against the rules.

違抗規章制度是無益的。
You must obey the rule. It is useless for you to kick against the pricks.

你必須遵守規定,對抗對你是無益的。

我看見你踢我的狗了!
The bandit kicked at the legs of the two villagers.

那匪徒向這兩個村民的腿上踢了兩腳。 kick at sth/v-ing
I have always kicked at your ideas.

我一直反對你的看法。
Even middle-class consumers in the U.S. are beginning to kick at the runaway prices.

連美國中產階級的消費者也開始對飛漲的物價表示不滿。
You'll only make yourself feel worse if you kick at your bad luck—you just have to learn to accept it.

要是因自己的厄運而懊惱那只能使你覺得更痛苦——你得學會聽天由命。
The customers are kicking at paying such high prices, and they can hardly be blamed.

顧客抱怨價格太高,這不能責怪他們。

這位著名球星說,他的成功秘訣就在于年輕時花時間練球。那時,他總是和幾個朋友在一個空場上踢,一踢就是幾個小時。 kick sth ? away
They kicked away the wooden posts and brought the whole thing down.

他們踢倒了木柱,使整個東西都垮了。
Kicking away the blocks holding the wheels, the pilot jumped into the light plane and flew off.

飛行員踢開卡在那架輕型飛機輪下的障礙物之后跳進駕駛艙飛走了。

中鋒把球踢給后衛,后衛又把球踢回給中鋒。
Don't blame me for the fight—he kicked me first, and I only kicked him back.

打架別怪我——他先踢了我,我才回敬他一腳的。 kick back
This kind of feverish cold is slow to cure, it often kicks back just when you think you are better.

這種寒熱病好起來很慢,它經常會在你認為已好轉時復發。 kick back
The engine kicked back.

發動機突然反沖。
Be careful when you start the motor, it sometimes kicks back.

發動摩托車時要注意,有時會出現反沖現象。
His false accusations kicked back and ended up with himself in prison.

他的誣告反而害了自己,落得個坐牢的下場。 kick sth ? back
The thief had to kick back the stolen money at last.

那竊賊最后不得不退還贓款。
The embezzler was severely punished and enjoined to kick back a portion of the stolen money each month.

貪污犯受到了嚴厲懲罰,并被責令每月退還部分贓款。 kick back
Don't kick back; I'm only joking.

別報復,我只是開開玩笑罷了。 kick back at sb/sth
You ought to kick back at such malicious slander.

你應當反擊這種惡毒的污蔑。
Tom wanted to kick back at the people who had written so unfavorably about his new book in the newspapers.

對那些在報紙上批評他的新書的人,湯姆打算予以還擊。

那個球員踢球欠光明正大,你有沒有注意到他將對手踢倒? kick down
When you are going up a steep hill and losing speed, you have to kick down.

當你在爬一個陡峭的山坡而速度慢下來時,你必須換低擋。 kick sth ? down
He kicked the car down from third to second, and we slowed down.

他把汽車從三檔降為二檔,我們的速度就慢了下來。

你看見他是怎樣對待這只貓的嗎?他把門打開,一腳把它踢了進去。
In the last minute, the player kicked the ball in and so ensured his team's victory.

在最后一分鐘,這位球員進了一個球,從而使他那個隊穩操勝券。 kick sth ? in
The firemen had to kick the door in to get inside the burning building.

消防隊員不得不踢破大門闖進熊熊燃燒著的大樓。
“Go on, hit him! Kick his teeth in!”shouted the angry crowd.

“揍他,揍他,好好教訓他一頓!”憤怒的人群怒吼著。 kick in
Mr. Jones said he would kick in with 500 dollars.

瓊斯先生認捐500美元。 kick sth ? in
We all agreed to kick in 10％ of the cost.

我們都同意負擔百分之十的費用。
If each of us kicks in a small amount, it'll be enough to buy things for the party.

我們每一個人捐一點錢,就足夠買聯歡會所需要的東西了。

那個人倒在地上時,那些攻擊他的人就踢他的臉。 kick sb in the teeth
Mr.Wall had been the Member of Parliament for this area for ten years, but at the last election, the voters kicked him in the teeth by electing his opponent.

十年來,華爾先生一直代表這個地區在下院當議員。但上次選舉時,選民投了他對手的票,此事大大刺激了他。

點時,兩隊開球。
A sports personality was invited to kick off at the final.

一位體育界的著名人士被邀請來為決賽開球。
The match is due to kick off at 2:30 p.m.

足球比賽定于下午二時半開始。 kick off
When should we kick off?

我們什么時候開始?
The party kicked off in great style.

聚會隆重地開始了。 kick off with sth
We kicked off with soup, and then went on to duck and green peas.

我們先喝湯,然后接著吃鴨子和青豆。
Who will kick off with the first question for our speaker?

誰向我們的講演者提第一個問題? kick sth ? off
I was surprised when they kicked off the interview by asking me about my girlfriend.

他們一開始采訪就問起我的女朋友,使我感到吃驚。
The theatre company will kick off the season with a production of The Playboy of the Western World .

劇團將以《西方世界的花花公子》這出劇拉開本屆戲劇節的序幕。
The movie festival was kicked off with the showing of a new film.

電影節以放映一部新片拉開帷幕。 kick sb/sth ? off
He kicked his slippers off and dropped onto the bed.

他踢掉了拖鞋,躺倒在床上。
The dog attacked me, biting my left foot, but I kicked it off.

那條狗向我進攻,咬我的左腳,但我還是把它踢開了。 kick off
Well,I really must kick off now. I've stayed long enough.

嗯,我真的必須走了,我在此呆得夠久了。 kick off
After his wife kicked off, he lived alone.

他妻子死后,他就獨居。
He kicked off after a long and painful illness.

他經過一次長期而痛苦的疾病以后去世了。
Having received a fatal blow, the enemy lieutenant instantly kicked off.

敵軍中尉挨了致命一擊,當場倒斃了。 kick off
That old washing machine has kicked off again.

那臺破舊的洗衣機又不轉了。

當我幾乎絕望時,馬達卻突然轉動起來了。 kick sth ? on
The policeman kicked the switch on, and light flooded the room.

警察突然打開開關,房間里泛起一片燈光。

話才一出口,我就責備自己,因為知道這些話會使他不高興的。 kick oneself for v-ing
I could kick myself for selling those shares; if only I had kept them a day or two longer I should have made nearly another hundred pounds on them.

真該怪我自己把那些股票賣了; 只要多留一兩天,我就可以多賺差不多一百鎊。

老板因為那個職員說了一句冒犯的話就把他開除了。
These were excuses for the boss to kick us out.

這些都是老板開除我們的借口。
The old lady was kicked out because the owner wanted to pull it down.

那個老太太被趕了出去,因為房主要拆房。
She worked for two years and was then kicked out because she was ill.

她干了兩年,后來因病被趕出了工廠。 kick out
The horse kicked out at them.

馬踢了他們。 kick sb/sth ? out
Don't kick the cat out like that, it's cruel; lift it out gently.

別那樣往外踢貓,太殘忍了,要輕輕地把貓放到屋外。
If a player on your own team kicks the ball out, the other side gets a free turn at the ball.

如果你方隊員把球踢出界外,對方就得到一次自由開球的機會。 kick out
He'll kick out if you treat him like that.

要是你那樣對待他,他會盡力反抗的。

他把足球踢出場外。
The teacher threatened to kick the impudent pupil out of the room.

老師威脅著要把這無禮的小學生攆出教室。
The government kicked a foreign secret agent out of the country.

該政府將一名外國間諜驅逐出境。
He was kicked out of the club because he was so rude to the manager.

因為他對經理非常無禮,所以被開除出了俱樂部。
He was kicked out of the school last year.

他去年被趕出學校。

那頭牛又把牛奶桶踢翻了。
She had him under her thumb for many years, but he finally kicked over the traces.

她管束他多年,最后他終于擺脫了她的控制。 kick sth ? over
I asked for ball and he kicked it over.

我要球,他就把球踢了過來。 kick over
After a moment of cranking the motor finally kicked over.

用手柄搖了一陣后,馬達終于發動起來了。 kick sth ? over
Try as he could, he couldn't kick the motor over.

他怎么試也無法使馬達轉動起來。 kick sth ? over
The gang forced all the storekeepers on the block to kick over $6 a week.

那伙流氓強迫在該街區開店的老板們每周各捐出6美元。

她踢起沙子。
The children enjoyed playing by the sea, kicking up the sand into each other's faces.

孩子們喜歡在海邊玩耍,把沙子踢到伙伴的臉上。
The tyres kicked the little stones up.

輪胎碾過時把小石子彈了起來。
Clouds of dust were kicked up by the passing cars.

過往的汽車揚起了陣陣灰塵。 kick sth ? up
The two boys kicked up a row after their parents left.

父母走后,兩個男孩子吵起來。
The children kicked up a terrible noise as soon as the teacher left the room.

老師剛離開教室,孩子們就大聲喧鬧起來。
He kicks up a stink as it is, every time I'm late.

每次我來遲了,他就這樣跟我大吵大嚷。 kick sth ? up
Benson signalled the auctioneer quietly and kicked the bid up another thousand yuan .

本森悄悄地向拍賣人做了個手勢,然后把出價又抬高了一千元。 kick up
He felt his stomach start to kick up.

他感到胃里不舒服起來了。
After working well for a year, the air conditioner suddenly started kicking up.

這臺空調正常工作了一年之后突然開始出毛病了。
The enemy airmen kicked up at the orders to fly more missions.

敵方飛行員開始對執行更多飛行任務的命令表示不滿。

他能力較弱,但工作還是勤勤懇懇的,因此他們只好采取明升暗降的辦法安置他。
They decided to kick him upstairs and appointed a younger man to take his place.

他們決定對他明升暗降,讓一位比他年輕的人來接替他目前的職位。
They kicked their manager upstairs by putting him on the managing committee.

他們把他們的主任安排到管理委員會,使他明升暗降。
He is about to be kicked upstairs to be secretary of state.

他將要被明升暗降,調任國務大臣。