校园英语口语习惯用语 第52期:bring (sb./sth.) up

bring (sb./sth.) up 提起

【讲解】

此语在被动语态中表示“养育”之意，例如：They had been brought up to go to church. (他们从小就受到去教堂做礼拜的教育。）be brought up to do something 意为“教着去做某事”。

【对话】

A: What are the students doing now?

A: 那些学生现在在干什么？

B: They are having a meeting.

B：他们正在开会。

A: What are they discussing?

A：他们在讨论什么呢？

B: They brought up the subject of the dorm rate.

B：他们提出了有关膳宿收费的问题。

A: This is a hot topic.

A: 这可是个热门话题呢。

B: Yeah, they're more active than us.

B：是的，他们可比我们活跃得多。