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Pull off 是什么意思?把难事办成,也能指驶离道路

We pulled it off 表示我们真的把难事办成了。回顾一次已取得的成功,managed to 比 could 更清楚;开车时的 pull off 又是另一层意思。

Pull off 表示成功完成一件困难或有风险的事,即使原本没多少人相信能做到:pull off a deal、pull off a surprise。常能听到 We pulled it off! 另一种意思是驶离道路以便停车:pull off the motorway。

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开始学习

pull off + deal/plan/win/surprise; pull + it + off; manage to pull it off; pull off + the road/motorway

  • Nobody believed our small team could win the contract, but we pulled it off.
  • She pulled off a surprise party without her husband suspecting a thing.
  • We pulled off the motorway to get petrol and stretch our legs.

修改原因

修改前Everyone said the plan was crazy, but we could pull it off.

修改后Everyone said the plan was crazy, but we managed to pull it off.

Could 看起来也能表达“能够”,但谈过去时,它常描述一般能力:I could swim at five。要明确表示某一次确实做成了,用 managed to 更合适:we managed to pull it off。也可以更简洁地说 we pulled it off。

Cambridge Dictionary

开车时的 pull off 容易与 pull over 混淆。Pull off the road 指离开道路,例如去加油:We pulled off the motorway for lunch。Pull over 指靠边停车,可能是应警察要求:The police told us to pull over。

动手练习

The deadline looked impossible, but the whole team worked through the weekend and ___ just in time.

(pulled it off / put it off)

查看答案

pulled it off — 团队整个周末都在工作,最终及时完成,说明难事办成了,所以选 pulled it off。Put it off 表示推迟,与这里努力赶上期限、just in time 的意思不符。

写一件原本没多少人相信你能做到、最后却成功完成的难事。说明是什么,以及什么帮助你取得成功。

Nobody thought I could learn to drive in a month, but I pulled it off thanks to daily lessons with my uncle.

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