校園英語口語習慣用語第153期:hold a brief for

hold a brief for 有意維護

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【講解】

在這裏brief作名詞。與該習語意義相反的習語爲hold no brief for,其意思是“不支持，不贊成”。例如：I hold no brief for those who say that violence can be justified.(我不贊成人們說有時使用暴力是合乎情理的.)

【對話】

A:Why did you quarrel with our teacher?

A：爲什麼你和老師吵架？

B:He held a brief for Tom, it's unfair.

B:他有意維護湯姆，這是不公平的。

A:Don't tell me that. I think you were wrong, too.

A:別這麼說，我想你也有錯。