In this episode, I am going to tell you about an interesting expression that you might not have seen before.

在本集中，我将介绍一种你可能从未见过的有趣表达ICWmvaIm^jB(K。

The expression is "to do a number on." To do a number on. That's do: d-o, a, number: n-u-m-b-e-r, on: o-n. To do a number on.

这个表达是“to do a number on”^WiesE)43,mPeFXz。

When we use this expression, it's always in this kind of construction: to do a number on someone, or to do a number on something.

当我们使用这种表达方式时，它总是这种结构：to do a number on someone，或to do a number on somethingm]HJnR8KDr2r]PdO(s;。

And what does it mean? What does it mean to do a number on something?

它是什么意思？to do a number on something是什么意思？

To do a number on someone—or something—means to hurt someone or harm someone or damage someone or something in some way.

To do a number on someone—or something意味着以某种方式伤害某人或损害某人或某物h1vfn1u@Y#O2U。

I understand that this is a strange-sounding expression. I don't really know why this expression means this, but it does mean this.

我知道这是一个听起来很奇怪的表达方式L;@THl1JN_f。我真的不知道这个表达方式为什么是这个意思，但它确实是这个意思G40DwqE!G!@[KGUeIu。

Let me give you two examples of situations where somebody might use this expression: Let's say we are trying to decide on a restaurant to go to for lunch.

让我给你举两个例子，说明有人可能会使用这种表达方式的情况：假设我们正在决定去哪家餐馆吃午饭0s9@[u#z,VPYh。

And you recommend a restaurant that serves a lot of spicy food, and I say to you, "I don't think I can go to that restaurant. Spicy food really does a number on my stomach."

你推荐了一家供应大量辛辣食物的餐厅，我对你说：“我想我不能去那家餐厅(V5eg&V;OMIbmWTR3。辛辣食物会伤害我的胃1bM[FvqD8=ipN71Slg。”

Spicy food really does a number on my stomach. That means spicy food hurts my stomach, or spicy food makes my stomach feel bad.

Spicy food really does a number on my stomach意味着辛辣食物会伤害我的胃，或者辛辣食物让我的胃感觉不舒服;e9KWj&z+ECXENq。

Spicy food does something bad to my stomach. It does a number on my stomach. And here's another situation:

辛辣食物对我的胃有害0WUN#Q^9j_0]eq。它伤害了我的胃cFEWiYJRS40vIW。还有另一种情况：

Let's say we are talking about a friend of ours who has a boss who is really unfair and mean.

假设我们正在谈论我们的一个朋友，她的老板非常不公平和卑鄙_^yNyhjkqDdAvs!@E。

This boss is always insulting our friend and saying bad things about our friend.

这位老板总是侮辱我们的朋友，说我们朋友的坏话mhE2!cU%l7t,@。

We could say, "Our friend's boss is really doing a number on her career."

我们可以说：“我们朋友的老板确实损害了她的职业生涯%g)jy0EZNSg.。”

Our friend's boss is really doing a number on her career. What does this mean? It means our friend's boss is harming our friend's career.

这是什么意思？这意味着我们朋友的老板正在损害我们朋友的职业生涯;!Fk5WY7D]。

Our friend's boss is hurting her career by insulting our friend and saying all of these bad things about our friend. The boss is hurting our friend's career.

我们朋友的老板侮辱我们的朋友，说我们朋友的坏话，损害了她的职业生涯od&RcO-|^%gk+U.Hsf。

That is "do a number on," a very strange and interesting expression that I think you should know.

以上就是“do a number on”，一个非常奇怪和有趣的表达，我认为你应该知道tdo(xsLcy64fug2。