【句子】-- I say pile on the hugs.

-- That’ll fix everything? Hugs? 【Desperate Housewives S02E04】

【发音技巧】pile on连读；fix everything连读；

【翻译】

-- 我建议多多拥抱。

-- 那就能解决所有问题吗？拥抱？

今天节目当中讲的短语是pile on

pile on的其中一个用法和意义就是：

to increase quickly；

快速增加、增长；

eg: The weight just piled on while I was abroad.

当我在国外的时候，我的体重嗖嗖地涨。

eg: Now that one person has come forward to accuse him of embezzlement, more and more testimony keeps piling on.

既然一个人已经站出来指责他贪污了，越来越多的证据会继续叠加的。

eg: After the first few negative reviews, all the other critics started piling on.

在第一批负面评论出现以后，其他的那些批评家也都跟风批评。

eg: Criticisms were piling onto the embattled CEO, until finally he was forced to resign from the company.

这位CEO被铺天盖地的批评压得喘不过气，最终四面楚歌的他被迫辞职离开公司。

eg: After she had the heart attack, the pounds piled on, and her weight rose to 15 stone.

在她心脏病病发以后，她的体重不断上涨，已经到了200斤出头。

（这里的stone是重量单位，1 stone被称之为1英石，等于6.35kg）

eg: I used credit card a lot, piling on more debt.

我很频繁地用信用卡，债务越积越多。

eg: With the amount of bad press that's been piling on the senator, you'd think he would avoid the public spotlight for a while.

负面新闻缠身，你会觉得这位参议员应该暂时不要出现在公共聚光灯下比较好。

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When I returned to live with my parents, the weight piled on because I was stuffing myself with home cooking.

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