核心问题
When smokers who are used to nicotine go without it for an hour or two, they begin to feel bad.
该书在课文注释中对 go without 的解释如下:
“go without 在缺少……的情况下勉强对付过去”
我觉得这种解释与句意不符:上面句子明明说吸烟成瘾的人不吸入尼古丁就受不了,怎么又说勉强对付过去呢?
词典解答
go without 通常可解释为“吃(喝、吸、得)不到”“不吃(喝、吸、睡……)(If you go without something, you do not get it or have it.)”。上句中的 go without 使具有此种含义,其句意为:对尼古丁上了瘾的吸烟者一两个小时不吸入尼古丁,就会感到难受(参见 go without )。
下面是类似的例句:
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I had to go without breakfast this morning as I was in a hurry. 我今早很匆忙,只好不吃早饭了。
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She went without sleep for three days. 她三天没睡觉了。
练习题
请做下面的英语试题:
There's no beer left and the pubs are shut so you'll have to ____.
A. go for B. go off C. go without D. go through