托福詞匯短語匯總（十二）

When push comes to shove 危急關(guān)頭 迫不得以采取行動

When push comes to shove 或 if push comes to shove 這兩個短語的意思是“緊急關(guān)頭、被迫不得以時采取行動”。

例句
He's quite unreliable, but when push comes to shove I know he'll be there to help.
Money is tight, but if push comes to shove we'll have to get a loan.

請注意
另一個和“推 push”有關(guān)的表達(dá) push the boat out 的意思是“花很多錢大肆慶祝”。

例句
I am going to push the boat out for my birthday this year.
He always pushes the boat out for parties.

今日小常識
The world record for pushing a car was set by Ashrita Furman in New York, who pushed the vehicle for 17 miles in just over six hours.

“推車前行”的世界紀(jì)錄保持者是紐約的阿什利塔•福曼。他所創(chuàng)下的記錄是僅用了六個多小時就將一輛汽車推了十七英里遠(yuǎn)（27.3公里）。