“thumb”是“拇指”,“under one’s thumb”不能翻译成“在某人的拇指下”,而应理解为“受某人支配、受制于他人、在某人的权利下、听命于他人、被某人控制”。
【例句】
Some teachers are very good at keeping their pupils under their thumbs.
有些教师非常善于使学生完全处于自己的影响之下。
I’ll move out next week. I don’t want to be under your thumb anymore.
我下周就搬出去。我再也不想受你的摆布。
【例句】
Some teachers are very good at keeping their pupils under their thumbs.
有些教师非常善于使学生完全处于自己的影响之下。
I’ll move out next week. I don’t want to be under your thumb anymore.
我下周就搬出去。我再也不想受你的摆布。