考研英语大纲常考词组短语 get a word in edgeways
考研英语大纲常考词组短语 get a word in edgeways
释义:
get a word in edgeways 插嘴
例句:
When Mary starts talking, no one else can get a word in edgeways.
玛丽讲起话来,别人谁也插不上嘴。
He talks so much that no one else can get a word in edgeways.
他讲得太多了,别人一句话也插不上嘴。
He talked on and on and nobody else could get a word in edgeways.
他说个没完,别人半句话也插不进。
Mr Verhofstadt's crime, it seemed, was that he talks too much: at previous joint appearances, he had not allowed Mr Prodi to get a word in edgeways.