A person who has kicked around for most of his life is someone who has spent his life moving from place to place. In this case, kicking around means moving often from one place to another.
一个人大部分的时光kick around (到处流浪,到处是游荡)指他一生都在从一个地方搬到另一个地方。这样, kick around意思就是经常从一个地方换到另一个地方。
Kick around has a third meaning when you use it with the word idea. When you kick around an idea, you are giving that idea some thought.
kick around和idea一起用还有第三种意思,当你kick around an idea就是再三考虑。
There is no physical action when you kick a person upstairs, although the pain can be as strong. You kick a person upstairs by removing him from an important job and giving him a job that sounds more important, but really is not.
当你kick a person upstairs(明升暗降)则是没有实际位置,尽管疼痛如此强烈。明升暗降是将他从重要的工作岗位撤掉,安排到听起来更重要实际则不然的工作位置上。
Still another meaning of the word kick is to free oneself of a bad habit, such as smoking cigarettes. Health campaigns urge smokers to kick the habit.
kick的另一个意思是将自己从不良习惯中摆脱出来,诸如吸烟。健康运动敦促吸烟者kick the habit(戒除嗜好,戒除陋习)。
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