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欢迎来到《一分钟英语》栏目phfHmqaiWgoW(。

To twist something means to bend or turn it into a shape that is not normal or natural.

“拧”某物意思是让它弯曲，或是变为不正常的、不自然的形状8TMqJERdt2xt。

Twist someone’s arm

向某人施加压力

This just sounds painful.

这听起来很痛苦XGl5(KB9O%t1ZpqE#u|T。

What happened to you? You look really tired.

你怎么了？看起来很累@71)Q(f]jYBW_G。

Yeah, I was out late at the Moldy Earlobes concert.

是啊，我从Moldy Earlobes的音乐会回来就很晚了&lqsrR(z)nHRy3。

I thought you said you weren’t going because of your big presentation this morning.

我以为你说过不会去的，因为今天早上你有个大型的演讲IA6b^vH*g0y=#hT=y!|。

Correct. But our dear friend Ashley twisted my arm.

没错pZ)^Oi8!0%zJCL。但是我们的好朋友艾希莉非要我去5HUTr.0]x;。

She even said she’d buy me pizza before the show.

她甚至说了会在演出前给我买比萨dZP+iiS77TI6e|E。

Twisting someone’s arm in the sport of wrestling is a way to gain control.

在摔跤运动中拧某人的胳膊是压制对手的方式T&2wfr|K-=|;R。

In a way, that is what this expression means.

在某种程度上，它就是这个意思i8mGIdSjuTyj2q。

To twist someone’s arm means to force someone to do something.

“Twist someone’s arm”意为强迫某人做某事&VIy3I0jrg。

But it was pretty easy to get Jonathan to go to the show--- it only took one word: pizza.

但是想让乔纳森去看表演还是很简单的——只需要一样东西：比萨WWlATm0Hwlw2+ZT7LYLJ。

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