基本英语对话：Big Bang之这是约会吗？(1)

 　　今天，我们的基本英语对话来听一听一个特殊的词儿，您看看对它是否熟悉呢？

　　Penny：So are the rest of the guys meeting us here?

　　Leonard：Oh, yeah... no. It turns out that Raj and Howard had to work, and Sheldon... had a colonoscopy and he hasn't quite bounced back yet.

　　Penny：My uncle just had a colonoscopy.

　　Leonard：You're kidding.Then that's something we have in mon.

　　Penny：How?

　　Leonard：We both have people in our lives who... want to nip intestinal polyps in the bud.

　　nip intestinal polyps in the bud

　　(1)nip… in the bud

　　【基本英语对话短语释】剿灭于萌芽状态, 刚开始就覆灭掉(海词,下同)

　　【例】nip the evil in the bud.

　　坏事应该在一开端就加以革除。

　　(2)intestinal polyps

　　【基本英语对话短语释】肠息肉

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