cough up

英语[编辑]

源自cough + up。

cough up (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 coughs up，現在分詞 coughing up，一般過去時及過去分詞 coughed up)

咳出
He was coughing up blood.
他在咳血。

He was coughing up a lung.
（比喻）他肺都要咳出来了。
(俗語，及物，非正式) 不情愿地交出
1. （指钱）（不情愿地）给，支付
  Do you think he'll be able to cough up the three grand by Tuesday?
  你觉得他周二前能交出三千美元吗？
  - 2006, K. M. Soehnlein, You Can Say You Knew Me When，頁號 240:
    " […] Usually businessmen. Married, middle-aged guys who'll cough up fifty bucks to smoke my pole."
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2. （指其他事物）交出
  - 1926, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist‎^[1]:
    "Anyhow, you go and cough it up and then we shall see."
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  - 2013, The Big Bang Theory, season 6, episode 14:
    Cough it up, Cooper.
(俗語) （在比赛快结束时出岔子而）失败
That team had the game won, but they coughed it up in the end.
那个队本来稳赢的，但是最后还是出岔子输了。
(及物，俗語) 失（球）
- 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France‎^[2]:
  England had never before come back to win from a margin of more than 12 points, and the errors continued to come thick and fast as Tom Croft became the latest to cough up the ball.
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