光軍語言文化：今天我們一起來複習fire一詞的基本意思、短語和習語。
fire一詞有多個意思，一起來看看下面的例句，先了解一下基本意思。
名詞：火，火堆
- If your home was on fire and you could save only one thing, what would it be?
- 如果你家著了火，而你只能搶救出一樣東西，你會拿什麼呢？
- We put up our tents and made a small fire.
- 我們搭起了帳篷，點起了一小堆火。
動詞：解僱，裁員
- The company is reducing its workforce by firing 500 employees.
- 該公司將裁員500人以減少僱員人數。
動詞：連珠炮似地提出（問題）；猛烈地發出（抨擊）
- The journalists were firing questions at me for two whole hours.
- 整整兩個小時，記者們連珠炮似地向我發問。
動詞：開火，開（槍）；射擊
- Without warning he started firing into the crowd.
- 在沒有任何警示的情況下他開始朝人群開槍。
複習一下這些短語
- put out the fire 滅火
- light a fire 點火
- be on fire 著火
- an electric fire 電暖氣
- fire door防火安全門
- fire hydrant 消火栓
- fire engine 消防車
- fire extinguisher 滅火器
含有fire的習語
add fuel to the fire火上澆油
The discovery that the government was aware of the cover-up has really added fuel to the fire.
人們發現政府對這起隱瞞事件早已知情，這真是火上澆油。
there's no smoke without fire無火不冒煙；無風不起浪
She says the accusations are not true, but there's no smoke without fire.
她說那些指控純屬子虛烏有，但無風不起浪。
light a fire under sb 使（某人）加快，加強（尤指在過去行動遲緩的情況下）
The coach tried to light a fire under the team in his halftime speech.
教練試圖在半場休息時鼓勵隊員們振奮起來。
come under fire 遭受批評
The government has come under fire for its decision to close the mines.
政府因其關閉礦井的決定而遭到了抨擊。
in the firing line 易遭到批評（或攻擊、拋棄）
He found himself in the firing line for his sexist remarks.
他發現自己因言辭帶有性別歧視而備受抨擊。
hang/hold fire 延緩作出決定
Ideally we would settle the matter now, but I think we should hang fire until the general situation becomes clearer.
理想的狀況是我們現在就把這個問題給解決了，但我認為我們還是等總體局勢更為明朗之後再作決定為好。
get on like a house on fire 一見如故，情投意合
I was worried that they wouldn't like each other but in fact they're getting on like a house on fire.
我之前還擔心他們會合不來，實際上他們卻一見如故。
fire in your belly 志向，熱情；雄心壯志；動力
Neither of the candidates has a fire in his belly, so it's hard to get excited about them.
這兩名候選人都沒有雄心壯志，很難看好他們。
練習：猜猜下面幾個習語的意思
- go through fire and water 赴湯蹈火
- the fat is in the fire 事情搞糟了；闖禍了
- fight fire with fire 以其人之道還治其人之身，以牙還牙
- out of the frying pan into the fire 跳出油鍋又入火坑；才出龍潭又入虎穴
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