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词汇 bring-up-short
释义

bring someone up short


idiom
to make someone suddenly stop doing something or talking, usually because they are surprised: (因惊讶)使…突然停止,使…愣住
Her rudeness brought me up short.她的粗鲁使我一下子愣住了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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