| 词汇 | light-a-fire-under |
| 释义 | light a fire under someoneidiom mainly US to make someone act quickly or forcefully, especially someone who has not been doing enough before: 使（某人）加快，加强（尤指在过去行动迟缓的情况下） The coach tried to light a fire under the team in his halftime speech.教练试图在半场休息时鼓励队员们振奋起来。 Causing somebody to act arm-twisting bludgeon bounce someone into something browbeat someone into something/doing something bull something through coercion dragoon someone into something drive someone/something to something duress force someone's handidiom forced marriage push (someone) toward(s) something put the heat on someoneidiom put/tighten the screws on someoneidiom rallying cry ram something down someone's throatidiom ransom slap squeeze wring light a fire under someone | American Dictionarylight a fire under someoneidiom to get someone to act quickly or forcefully, esp. someone who has not been doing enough before: Coach tried to light a fire under the team in his halftime speech. |
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