【英语时差8,16】鞭策；督促
时间：2018-12-03 作者：英语课 分类：英语时差8，16
These days, we don't see many horse-drawn carriages in the streets, driven by coachmen who carry long whips. In the past, coach drivers used those whips to make their horses go faster. However, they did not let the whip lash 1 actually touch or hurt the horses. Instead, just the loud sound of the whip cracking in the air just above the horses was enough motivation to make them go faster. A cracking whip can sound as loud as a gunshot. Because of that, when a boss, a supervisor 2, or a teacher wants people working under them to hurry up doing their work and produce excellent results, we often say they are "cracking the whip." They don't really have a whip in their hands, but their nagging 3 and sense of urgency feels like they do.
- He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
- With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。
- Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
- He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。