动词be（续七），动词bring

be up动词+介词

To hit a person when he’s down would be right up the double-dealer’s alley.（落井下石是那个两面派的拿手好戏。）be up one’s alley可以直译为对某人的路子，表示是某人所长，合某人的胃口。

be with动词+介词

I was with you as far as your last point, and then I got confused.（你说到最后一点时我还能理解，再往后就糊涂了。）be with一般表示同意或喜欢某事，但这里只表示理解某事。

I’m going to talk to the president of that company and ask him to give you a position; I happen to be quite tight with him.（我想去和该公司总裁谈谈给你一个职位，凑巧我和他很铁。）be tight with someone表示与某人关系很好。

That teacher will never be popular with the students; he’s just not with it.（那个老师不受学生欢迎，他太跟不上时代了。）be with it表示时尚或新潮。

bring about动词+副词

If the wind changes we’ll have to bring the boat about.（如果风向变了就要把船掉头。）这里bring about/around/round意思是使船转向相反的方向。

bring along动词+副词

This warm weather should bring the crops along.（暖和的天气促进庄稼生长。）这里bring along/forward/on表示促进某人或某事物的进展。

bring around动词+副词

We must bring the rest of the committee around to our point of view.（我们必须说服其他委员改变主意，同意我们的观点。）这里bring someone around/over/round就是说服某人改变主意。

bring away动词+副词

Yes, we enjoyed our holiday and brought away happy memories of the island.（假期我们玩得很开心，对小岛的印象很不错。）这里bring away表示带着某种东西回来。本句中就是带着美好的印象回来，相当于 bring back。

bring down 动词+副词

We have to rewrite the history textbook, bringing it down to 2005.（我们必须重新编写历史教科书，使其更新到2005年。）这里bring something down表示更新某事物。

The city council will bring down the new spending plans on Monday.（市政当局将在下星期一公布新开支计划。）这里bring something down表示公开宣布某事，从字面上看是下发文件。政府的位置总在公众之上，中外看来差不多。

The nerd had no idea how food prices had risen, so a day’s shopping soon brought him down to earth.（那书呆子根本不知道食品已经涨价，买了一天菜后晓得厉害了。）bring someone down to earth表示使人面对现实。Nerd指那些埋头于书本，不善交际的人。

Li Baiqing’s funny storytelling brought the house down.（李伯清的散打大受欢迎。）bring the house down表示剧场演出大获成功。李伯清是四川著名说书艺人，他的散打就是用嬉笑怒骂的四川方言评说市井中的人和事。

Mr. Darcy has too high an opinion of himself; it’s time we brought him down a peg or two. （达西太自以为是了，我们得杀杀他的傲气。）bring someone down a peg or two很像汉语中的让某人栽个跟斗，锉杀其锐气或威风。在英国女作家简·奥斯订的名著“傲慢与偏见”中富家子弟达西向班奈特小姐（Elizabeth Bennet）求婚，但他的傲气使她反感。后来改掉傲气后才如愿以赏。

bring forward 动词+副词

Mark the total at the top of the page “brought forward”.（将本页顶部的总数做上“转入”标记。）在会计上bring forward表示将前一栏（页）的总数转到下一栏（页）以继续做帐。

I thought we had agreed to bring the new contract forward today! （我记得我们曾经同意把合同推到今天来谈！）bring something forward就是将一项业务定到某个日子来处理。