核心问题
(1)They can take care of their own breakfast.
(2) Can he take care of this problem?
(3) The robbers had to take care of the guards before they could take the money.
查英汉词典, take care of 意为“照顾”“照料”“管理”。把这些词义用到上面的句子里似乎都不适合。这是怎么回事呢?
词典解答
take care of 的最常见意义是“照看”“照料”“照顾”,即 of 的宾语是“被保护、关心的对象”。但是,除此之外,take care of 还有许多含义,例如“负责”(take the responsibility for)、“处理”“对付”(deal with)、“打”(beat)、“杀死”(kill)。在这里 of 的宾语不是“被保护、关心的对象”,恰恰相反,而是“处理、清除、伤害、杀害的对象”。
- You take care of paying a bill. 你负责付账单。